27th June, 2015
Funsho Arogundade
Rolari Femi Segun, the first grandchild of Late Afrobeat music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and only child of Yeni Kuti is married.
Rolari, 27 got married to her Australian fiancée, Benedict Jacka, Saturday 27 June at a grand traditional marriage ceremony held at the New Afrika Shrine, Alausa CBD, Ikeja, Lagos, South Western Nigeria.
The ceremony which commenced at around 1:00 pm saw the Segun and Kuti families received the large Jacka family, who stormed Nigeria from England to perform the traditional rites as dictated by the Yoruba culture.
The wedding, which had yellow and white as the colours of the day, attracted dignitaries from the government, business and entertainment circle.
The white wedding has been slated for 13 August in London.
Benedict, in his early 30s, is a British author, best known for his Alex Verus series, while Rolari is a product of the short-lived union between Yeni Kuti and late Femi Segun, the son of famous writer, Mabel Segun who died in a motorbike accident in Lekki, Lagos 21 March 2014.
