Weddings
Love at its Finest! Salma Busari & Randy Idugboe’s Labadi Beach Hotel Wedding
Salma Busari & Randy Idugboe finally went on a date after the groom’s persistence. They hit it off from that day, have been inseparable ever since, and had a gorgeous garden wedding at Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana.
It was a beautiful and fun day as DJ Jimmy Jatt was on the wheels of steel, while AY the Comedian MC-ed the reception.
BellaNaija Weddings wishes Salma and Randy a happy home!
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~ Pre-Wedding Photos: Capture Your Memory Bank, Ghana | Additional: Scobey Photography
She’s The One!
by the groom, Randy
I remember the first day I saw Salma. It was at a birthday party that my friend had invited me to. As we were gisting outside, a group of ladies were approaching the party. I noticed Salma instantly in the crowd. She was so beautiful … effortlessly beautiful. I noticed she also had a quiet demeanor, but her beauty was loud and captivating. I was instantly drawn to her. I had to talk to her. So I asked my friend who she was, and he replied saying, “don’t go there”. Apparently beautiful Salma was a ‘no go zone’. Several guys had tried to talk to her but failed. Instead of being discouraged by this information however, I wanted her more. I was intrigued by her. But I went home that day without talking to her.
As luck would have it, I saw Salma again. This same friend invited me once again to his brother-in-law’s house. He said Salma was going to be there since they were related. So I gave it another shot. This was my chance.
I just stared at her, trying to figure out how I was going to approach her. I eventually talked to her, and after much hesitation and convincing, Salma gave me her number. I called her number after that day, excited with high hopes of setting up our first date … but she didn’t pick up. So I called the next day, and the next, and the next, annnnd the next, but still no answer. Had she given me the wrong number? I confirmed her number with some mutual friends and realized she just wasnt picking up my calls. After begging some of our mutual friends to convince Salma to pick up, Salma started picking up my calls and finally agreed to go out on a date with me.
That’s all I needed, a chance to prove myself. All I needed was one date. And I wowed her :-). More like she wowed me. I’d never met anyone like her before. We had an instant connection. There was so much more to this beautiful woman. She was very humble, well mannered, kind and so sweet. I fell in love with her almost instantly. I knew this was someone I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.
Our relationship has blossomed into something so beautiful. Salma is the woman I have always envisioned and prayed for. She gives me peace and so much joy. It’s really a blessing to know her, a blessing to have her as my wife.
My Salma is truly an amazing woman. I thank God for her life and look forward to having a blessed future with God on our side.
The Love Story
from Salma, the bride
Randy is such a blessing in my life. I am truly lost for words when it comes to describing this blessing of a man that God has given me. I love him so much and I thank God each day for bringing him into my life. The memory of how we first met is forever etched in my heart.
I first met Randy in my cousin’s house. My cousin and her husband held a small gathering in loving memory of her brother-in-law who had just passed away, (may his soul rest in perfect peace). It was a solemn day, with just close family and friends around. After the ceremony, I sat in the living room quietly playing with a friend’s daughter.
And then out of nowhere I saw this guy staring at me. This guy was STARING so hard! I deliberately looked behind me to see if he was looking at something else, but no, all his attention was fixed on me! And He was staring so confidently too…“like yeah, I’m looking at you, what can you do?” kind of stare with a sly smile… It was both uncomfortable and interesting at the same time. Another guy, who I later found out was a close friend to Randy, walked up to me and said, “My friend over there likes you”.
I ended up giving ‘Mr Starer’ my number, and later decided not to pick up his calls. For the next three months! After being pressured by some mutual friends :-), I started picking up his calls, every now and then and I finally agreed to go on a date with him.
Everything changed after our first date. I felt like I had known Randy all my life during our first date. We were compatible on so many levels. Kindred Spirits. I looked forward to seeing him again after our first date.
Our friendship quickly blossomed and we fell very madly in love with each other. It was very easy to fall in love with Randy. Randy is a genuinely good guy. He’s the most caring person I know, always looking out for others, with no selfish interest. He is very, very, verrrrrrry hardworking and smart. He is also one of the funniest people I know. I don’t think he even realizes how funny he is…lol.
Such a blessing in my life. I love him with every fibre of my being. He gives me peace and stablity. He is my home. Through the highs and lows of our relationship, my dear Randy has never given me any cause to worry. He allows me to be me….just me…Salma… and encourages me to always be the best I can be.
He makes me feel safe. His favorite words are ‘I got you’. Those three simple words work magic every time he says them. When I’m upset about anything not going well, he just gives me a little reminder with those three words; ‘I got you’. It feels wonderful to have someone who loves you unconditionally just for who you are, and will always have your back no matter the situation? Words cannot even express such a feeling. It’s truly divine. 
~ Wedding Photos: Capture Your Memory Bank, Ghana
Photography: Capture Your Memory Bank | instagram.com/CaptureGH
Additional (Pre-Wedding Photos): Scobey Photography | instagram.com/ScobeyPhotog
Wedding Info – Date | Venue: 28 December 2014 | Labadi Beach Hotel
Wedding Attire
Bride’s Makeup: Mamza Beauty
Wedding Gown: Monique Lhuillier
Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Suit: Emporio Armani (Custom Made)
Belt and Shoes: Louis Vuitton & Christian Louboutin
Bridesmaid Dresses: April Rust
Groomsmen Suit: Theory
Vendors
Decor & Bouquet: Lionheart Events
Cake & Catering: Labadi Beach Hotel
Nani
May 18, 2015 at 11:40 am
Beautiful story, Couple and Wedding, I wish them GOD’S Peace and Best in their home, Amen.
Wale
May 18, 2015 at 6:50 pm
Bride is gorgeous, lovely couple, elegant taste.
Seth
May 18, 2015 at 11:57 am
Beautiful people, the Bride is so humble you can just see it on her face.
Anon
May 18, 2015 at 11:58 am
Congrats to the beautiful couple.
AnnieRose
May 18, 2015 at 12:03 pm
“I got you” Everything
Zoey
May 18, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Gorgeous !
La'Shonda Balogun
May 18, 2015 at 12:10 pm
Just beautiful. HML!!!
I love the fact that they seem to have a real love, based on deeper things….rather than all this shallow ‘my babe be so fine ooo’ stuff (*ahem* kanye *ahem*)
And she definitely treated him mean and kept him keen! Classy!
Seriously
May 18, 2015 at 4:56 pm
Yeah, you can feel the genuine love and care they have for each other. Bride has a sultry beauty, groom is handsome. God will continue to increase their love for each other. This type of thing makes me feel I’m in the wrong relationship. All I want my man to say sometimes is, “I got you” or “I understand”. That will melt my ice heart away. I’m just tired of dealing with the complexity of relationship.
Ebony
May 18, 2015 at 12:14 pm
Her eyess, aww.
Such a classic beauty
God bless you union
Helen N.
May 18, 2015 at 12:15 pm
Beautiful, Wish the couple unending bliss in their marriage
pettite flower
May 18, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Beautiful couple and amazing wedding. Their words about each other nearly bought me to tears. Wishing you happy married life.xoxo
omooba
May 18, 2015 at 12:20 pm
I refuse to be envious…..I refuse to be envious….I refuse to be envious….*sigh*
Congrats to you both 🙂 !!
S!
May 18, 2015 at 12:23 pm
http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/BellaNaija-Weddings-2015-Ghanaian-and-Nigerian-Wedding-Labadi-Beach-Hotel-Accra-RandyIdugboeSalmaBusarisWedding-28.12.14-53.jpg
#AwonGoonsMi #SquadGoals
“She gives me peace”, powerful statement.
Are they Nigerian?
Ama
May 18, 2015 at 4:20 pm
The bride is Ghanaian
divea
May 18, 2015 at 12:30 pm
beautiful bride and handsome groom…HML
lol
May 18, 2015 at 12:36 pm
There description of each other and how they met is so blissful. You can feel the love.
Happy married life to you two. You’re a match made in heaven!
Toosingleforwords
May 18, 2015 at 12:38 pm
This is the cutest story ever. Especially the part of not picking calls. This is so me. I give my number but no intention of picking the call at all.
I was in a horrible rel so right now my brain, heart, eyes, nose and skin is shut off from relationships. As in my psychologist says im weary off the past, but i will get over it slowly but surely.
I hope to find a good man someday. My soulmate, lover, and friend. Yes i believe in fairy tales when it comes to love. It happened for my mum and sister. Their story is just too mishy and i want that. (With their permission i can share). An they found it early (my sis was 26) and late my mum was 33.
She refused to settle… They called meetiing on my mums head but she said that if her heart aint beating fast for him then he is not mine. Till she treated my dad during the war and her heart skipped. So yes i will wait!
Call me deludional, old, gwegwegwe, not realistic but i will wait for my heart beat… Afterall it was the rush to be in a rel that made me end up with an abuser… So yes i will wait.
Kisses y’all … XoXo miss waiting for my knight in shinning armor
D
May 18, 2015 at 3:29 pm
@Toosingleforwords, I met my hubby when “I was too weary of the past” my heart was on lock down so it made room for us to be just friends and since i had known him most of life, i did not see a risk in anything serious coming from said friendship but lo and behold and it did and the butterflies came slowly. I am a testament that love finds you when you least expect it. But when they came I did not hide or pretend they did not exist. Nooo i was very honest about it. I was only 18
Glow
May 18, 2015 at 12:42 pm
With the story on how they met, the guy will sure guard her judiciously.
The man sure knows what he wants.
And what more can melt a woman’s heart that “i got u”
Cute couples, cute wedding, cute kids (work-in-progress).
I wish the blissful marital journey!
Nila
May 18, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Beautiful bride and handsome groom, God bless ur marriage.
Abena
May 18, 2015 at 12:55 pm
My Ghana People!what a beautiful wedding!Salma is gorgeous!her beauty is ethereal
Lionhearts always pulls off the best events in Ghana hands down!And Barack too,dope photographer.
Really Really nice…classy and not in your face
Grown Woman
May 18, 2015 at 1:01 pm
OMG they are so beautiful.HML to them
Medina
May 18, 2015 at 1:09 pm
GORGEOUS couple!!! may God bless your home
ACE
May 18, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Beautiful couple and lovely story. I love love and BN weddings too. God bless the couple
peyton
May 18, 2015 at 1:09 pm
Bini boys are not smiling
TA
May 18, 2015 at 5:30 pm
@ peyton, yes o! Edo guys are hot. Yaas!!! I see my Benin hood guys, Apena, Osi et al. Nice! 🙂
Congratulations pretty Salma and Randy.
oy
May 18, 2015 at 1:12 pm
all the best guys. this is beautiful
goodiebagman
May 18, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Ghanaians, I see you guys are finally learning. This is good lol
Ama
May 18, 2015 at 4:21 pm
We do not understand your vague statement – signed (Ghanaians)
efe
May 22, 2015 at 4:25 pm
mugu!
nameoh
May 18, 2015 at 1:44 pm
Beautiful…absolutely gorgeous!!
Tunde
May 18, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Beautiful!
PH Boy
May 18, 2015 at 2:42 pm
Chai! that girl is fineeee! Her eyes can make any man confess his sins.
mio
May 18, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Awwwwwww
bcga
May 18, 2015 at 3:11 pm
http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/BellaNaija-Weddings-2015-Ghanaian-and-Nigerian-Wedding-Labadi-Beach-Hotel-Accra-RandyIdugboeSalmaBusarisWedding-28.12.14-69.jpg The Chief bridesmaid tho..life
Maame Abena
May 18, 2015 at 3:14 pm
Yeeeessss. This is how it is done in Ghana. I get soo happy when Ghanaian weddings are featured on here. Such a beautiful couple. God bless them with many amazing years..
Fifi
May 18, 2015 at 3:29 pm
Thats it im moving to ghana, i need to find my own chale…
Set the record straight
May 18, 2015 at 5:27 pm
The BRIDE and GROOM are not from Ghana. They only had their wedding there!!! Sheesh!
sisi
May 18, 2015 at 6:53 pm
I too know! The bride was born and raised in ghana and is even half Ghanaian. Only the groom is full Nigerian. 😛
lilymeche
May 18, 2015 at 4:04 pm
Beautiful people! Beautiful soul! God bless your Union abundantly
Sky
May 18, 2015 at 4:47 pm
Such a good-looking couple, and they seem so much in love. Their love and they way they speak about each other seem very ‘solid’ and real beyond the physical.
A thought- Why do people give out their numbers and deliberately not pick up the calls afterwards? isn’t it playing games? is it a hard-to-get thing? or is it an i’m-not-feeling-you-but-i’m-too-polite-to-say-no thing? This is an honest question because i see it happen and i get confused as to the rationale behind it.
Another thought – Sometimes, playing hard-to-get ends well, sometimes, it doesn’t.
Peace.
sussy
May 22, 2015 at 12:11 pm
Loool, i do it a lot, because I don’t want to talk too much and some guys can die on top your matter when you say no, its like you are forming on top phone number. So I pick the first time to identify you and never again.
maame k
May 18, 2015 at 5:32 pm
@Fifi, maame k afua is waiting here lol…love my beautiful Ghanaian wedding…GOD BLESS YOUR UNION..
Efia
May 18, 2015 at 6:39 pm
This is what we call “skin pain”. The groom is Nigerian and the bride is Ghanaian. Let’s celebrate their love, it shouldn’t matter where they are or are not from.
Soph
May 18, 2015 at 8:43 pm
Too many fine people here oh, ahn ahn btw happy married life to the couple
OTB
May 18, 2015 at 10:21 pm
BIGO
Belinda
May 19, 2015 at 3:25 am
The girl is very lucky to meet this humble good looking guy and should see herself lucky and cherish him forever. There are many beautiful girls out there and not as luck! Beauty is not the most important thing in a marriage. Beauty fades but when it does, good character, respect for the family you are married into is what stands out and of course the fear of God!!! HML and all the best.
Belinda
May 19, 2015 at 5:58 am
The girl is very lucky to marry this humble and good looking guy. She should be thankful and cherish him for beauty is not all that matters, There are many beautiful girls out there that are not as lucky. Beauty fades but good character, respect for the family you are married into and the fear of God is what counts in a marriage. HBM and good luck you both.
future husband
May 19, 2015 at 10:02 am
http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/BellaNaija-Weddings-2015-Ghanaian-and-Nigerian-Wedding-Labadi-Beach-Hotel-Accra-RandyIdugboeSalmaBusarisWedding-28.12.14-77.jpg
Who is d guy on suit…. Love strucked
future husband
May 19, 2015 at 10:03 am
In
Vickie
May 20, 2015 at 1:20 am
Everything is beautiful, the bride is glowing , the groom is shining.May the spark in this relationship never die.
Endowed
May 20, 2015 at 4:57 am
congrats to them
hasta salem
May 20, 2015 at 7:53 am
Those three words …I Gat You …..;conveys a whole world meaning I so love it
hasta salem
May 20, 2015 at 7:54 am
Can’t wait to be blessed with my own dream man
The Buttery Hotness
May 20, 2015 at 5:11 pm
The baba open eye, carry am go market. Such a beautiful bride!
Lol @ that commentator up there that said “Squad goals”.
sensational queen
May 21, 2015 at 6:08 pm
Husband, wife are so beautiful. Love your styles too.
sussy
May 22, 2015 at 12:15 pm
I love everything about this wedding but most especially the love story. Ladies you are a prize and don’t let any man think he is doing you a favor by being with you (talking to myself too), too many fine people at this wedding too. God bless your marriage.
sarrie
May 25, 2015 at 10:27 am
Salma is beautiful omG. God bless there union
agatha
May 27, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Lovely couple..God bless your union.
jasminejoseph
June 2, 2015 at 1:05 pm
She’s such a beauty, now I see y he refused to give up
Yemi
June 3, 2015 at 2:53 pm
Sometimes it’s just to get the person off your case at that moment, particularly when they are being insistent. So you may just give out the number to have some peace, but not with the intention of picking/returning their calls.
GL OZIDI
June 4, 2015 at 6:42 am
God bless ur union with lovely n healthy children ijn!
Jice
June 11, 2015 at 2:35 pm
This girl is just beautiful..chai…and the man is sweet too.
HML to both
jeda
June 16, 2015 at 7:19 pm
I dont even care about what they do or where they are from. All i know is that they are genuinely in love and it radiates from their faces. It shows that its not about how much is spent on the wedding or who your parents are,its about finding the right person you want to spend the rest of your life with.
fleur
June 28, 2015 at 1:25 pm
The bride is one of those people who will stun without makeup in the morning. mmuah!