Crystal Palace player, Eberechi Eze and his partner, Izuthe Mulatto have walked down the aisle in London.
The 26-year-old midfielder, who represents England internationally, honoured his Nigerian Igbo heritage by rocking the traditional attire, Isiagu, at his traditional wedding, which took place at The Manor in Bickley, Bromley, London.
Prior to their traditional marriage, Eze and Mulatto, legally got married in the UK on May 27, 2022.
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The couple has been together since their school days and went public with their relationship in 2019.
Eze, born in Greenwich, Greater London, on June 29, 1998, to Igbo Nigerian parents from Mbaise, Imo State, represents England internationally.
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In other news, Nigerian actress Kate Henshaw has spoken out against the persistent inequality faced by women, criticising both societal attitudes and legal frameworks that reinforce gender bias.
Referencing the biblical creation story, Henshaw argued that women were created as equals to men, not as subordinates.
She lamented how cultural and legal norms have distorted this principle, contributing to longstanding gender disparity.
The actress pointed to specific laws in Nigeria that she believes institutionalise discrimination, such as citizenship provisions that favour foreign women married to Nigerian men, while denying the same rights to foreign men married to Nigerian women.
She also condemned aspects of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law that permit men to “reasonably chastise” their wives, describing such clauses as enablers of domestic abuse.
She said, “God created man and woman. He created the man first, no doubt. Even pastors and churches are at fault for this. He (God) brought the woman from the side, not from the head over the man or from under to be beneath him but beside, to reign beside him, to be fruitful, multiply and bring up children and grow together but Nigerian men see women as less than human that is why when you leave these shores and go somewhere else, they show you people pepper.
“You see us as this wood…even our laws, the violence against persons’ prohibition laws favour the man…A man is reasonably allowed to chastise his wife”.
