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The imam cleared his voice and the mosque went mute listening to the imam
"Alhamdullilah we've come here to witness the union of our children" he continued
"Where are the groom's guardian" he asked , His royal highness came forward and replied
"I am here"

"What of the bride's" the imam asked and Abba came forward
"I'm here " he replied
"Let's proceed" he said
His royal highness cleared his voice and began
" I Aminu sharif tafida king of  gombe, I'm seeking for a hand in marriage for my son Sharif Aminu tafida from  Faisal Sharif on the agreed dowry of(N100,000)"His royal highness repeated 3 times

Abba came forward and replied
"I Faisal sharif tafida gave my daughter's hand in marriage to  ammar sharifa tafida on the agreed dowry of (N100,000) lakadan ba ajalan ba" he repeated 3 times

"Have you all witnessed this?" the imam said
the crowd voices filled the mosque with
"Yes we have "  3 times
the imam begin with some duas, all these while ammar's heart was on maraton, a sudden wave of anxiety flew through him as he felt fahad hands in him reassuring him to be calm.

"Alhamdullilah the marriage is complete" the imam said and the elders started exchanging greetings among themselves while the beggers(maroka) started yelling and announcing to the crowd outside the mosque
"People of gombe, you should know that the marriage of SHARIF AMINU SHARIF TAFIDA the prince of Gombe and the future king with AMRITA daughter of ALHAJI FAISAL SHARIF TAFIDA base ok the dowry of 100,000."
Then the sound of algaita filled the surrounding.

Fahad and ammar came out of the mosque, after receiving blessings from the elders and congratulations from the people ,
Fahad was now driving the car, through out the ride ammar was quite and not himself
" what's wrong my friend , you're quiet , you ain't being yourself what's wrong with you?"fahad asked worriedly
Ammar sighs and replied
"Wallahi Fahad I'm just not feeling myself right now I don't know what's wrong with me either"

" I get it you're scared of Amrita" usman said trying to lighten the mood
As the guys burst into laughter

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"Alhamdullilah Alhamdullilah the marriage is completed " Sharifa came through the living room informing the elders and all of them started jubilating and making different kind of sound(GUDA).
"Ayyiriri ayyiriri" was all that was heard through the room
Momma came and hugged Amrita
"Masha Allah, I'm so happy my daughter" She said and Amrita blushes under  her veil

Didi hugged Amrita and whispered
"Congratulations my sisto",
The twins came in running round the room playing, they looked so cute in their adorable outfit,

didi called them and they rushed towards their mom after greeting the elders and sat near their mom .
"Oya tell Aunty rita congratulations" she whispered
"Congratulations Aunty" they yelled and hugged Amrita and the elders laughed at the children's cute drama while Amrita was smiling while she reciprocate the hug.
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"Ango Ango kasha mai" usman teases
(don't know to translate this but it's a tease groomsmen do to the groom whenever a wedding is conducted)
" I dey tell you" fahad said as they burst into laughter
"Are they alright" ammar asked looking at sayyid
"I don't know for them oo" he said noddding his head
" they are insane" ammar said and sayyid laughed

" it's time we head home , you know what momma is capable of"fahad Warned as ammar sighs
" why can't we have some peace"
"Its your wedding day" usman teases
" hey just get ready"fahad complained
Ammar hissed and the guys left to momma's place

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The sound of Siren filled the compound, as some elders approached ammar and started their GUDA thing, ammar was really annoyed with this act of them but he put on a fake smile and walked towards the house.

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