How Ini dima Okojie Met her husband, Abasi Ene-Obong

Indima  Okojie,  a talented Nigerian actress tied the knot with her boo Abasi Obong in an intimate traditional marriage on the 6th of November, 2021.

On her engagement in 2021, she shared a long post on Instagram chronicling the journey of their relationship.

How exactly did the love birds meet?

We will cover that in a second.

First of all, Who is Ini dima Okojie?

Early Life

Ini Dima Okojie is the daughter of a medical doctor and a retired banker.

She is from Esan LGA, Edo state, Nigeria. She attended her  primary and secondary school education in  Air force Primary and comprehensive secondary school and studied International relations in covenant university.

Although she was working as an investment banker and earning decent income, she still felt unfulfilled.

She decided to pursue her love for entertainment and left her job to read a degree in acting in New youk  film school in US.

After her degree in the New York film school, she worked as a production assistant in the movie “Before 30”.

Her acting debut was in the Television series “Taste of love”.

2016.

She would soon get her major movie role that would plunge her into spotlight.

In 2016, she starred in the  romantic movie North East.

She played the character of a muslim woman who falls in love with a man despite their obvious religious differences.

2017

She earned a nomination for the North East in 2017 for best actress in a supporting role in the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

She also earned another nomination in the future awards Africa.

At the city people music award in 2017, Ini Dima was also nominated for Best promising Actress.

2017 was a really a great year for Ini Dima because  she also appeared in Pulse list of “7 Nigerian Actresses of 2017.”

She landed major roles in the movie battle ground and Royal hibiscus hotel, all of these plunged her further into the limelight.

2018

2018 saw her starring in even more movies.

She starred in the thriller movie Sylvia playing the wife of the popular Ghanaian actor Chris Attoh.

Sylvia is a horror thriller story based on a fiction of spirit lovers.

She also starred in another movie that year called Funke which featured other prominent actors such as Jide Kosovo, Eniola Badmus and Segun Arinze.

Her character was known as Ms. Catherine.

The movie tells the story of a young girls dream to one day become a famous footballer and the pressure it takes to overcome preexisting gender roles and bias in the society.

2019

She was part of the cast for a temporary web tv series “Oga Pastor” in 2018. Her characters name was Laotian Gesinde.

2020

In one of her most popular movies till date, Ini Dima starred in the Netflix movie “Smart money woman” which is also an adaptation of the famous book by Arese Ugwu. Her character’s name was Tami.

She also featured as Jumoke in the movie “who’s the boss” playing the character of a friend to the main character Sharon Ooja.

2021

She played the role of the main character in the movie Namaste wahala which trended in various African and Indian countries.

It gained so much popularity that it also became a number 1 Netflix movie for a while.

2022

Ini Dima Okojie is quite the sensation right now. She is the star girl of the trending Netflix  movie Blood sisters. This is a limited series and it is  presently the most talked about movie in Nigeria at the moment.

Ini  has worked hard for herself in the movie industry and definitely deserves her flowers.

Fashion

Ini Dima Okojie has an impeccable fashion sense. She is always ready to switch it up and can be both daring and chic looking in her outfits.

She loves to dress up and knows how to accentuate her body curves in classy fitted gowns.

She also is a lover of high puffed shoulder gowns, it is a fashion trend she undoubtedly owns.

In 2018, the outfit she wore to Heineken Lagos Fashion week got featured in an edition of British and Germany vogue.

­Her Health

In a surprising instagram post, the talented actress opened up about her health and her journey with fibroid. The long caption post on instagram reads

“My journey with fibroid. Hey Guys, I know it’s been a minute! I want to share something quite personal with you but I think it’s important because this is something that apparently affects about 6-8 in every 10 black women but no one talks about it.”

“I found out I had fibroids in 2017, I remember freaking out so much. The first gynaecologist I saw said if it wasn’t really bordering me he would advise I leave it alone but that I had better go and quickly get married.

Anyways, fast forward to March 2020, the bulge on my lower belly had gotten bigger and my new gynaecologist advised I take out the fibroids.”

“Then Covid happened and we had to put the surgery on hold. In the meantime, I tried other things like herbs, clean diet, exercise.

“Now fast forward to November, the bulge in my tummy had now increased significantly so I decided to go do another pelvic scan and was told I had to get an MRI because the fibroids were now bigger than what the ultrasound machine could adequately measure. Bottom line I had to have the surgery as soon as possible. I had the surgery, it was successful and I’m now healing slowly but surely. I just want to thank God Almighty for showing up and showing out for me!”

She concluded the emotional and brutally honest post with

“To the women out there dealing with fibroids. I know what a lonely road it can be not to talk of the pain and discomfort and then there are the ignorant ‘congrats on your pregnancy’ comments to deal with. It’s okay they don’t know any better. I want you to know that my DMs are opened to you. If you want to ask questions, talk or even just rant. I’ll respond once I get stronger.

“I know 2020 has been a tough year. But we are tougher!!! We’re still here, we survived!!! That alone is a huge feat. Let’s remember to be kind to ourselves and others. I pray 2021 is better for us all! Lots of Love Ini,” she said.

She’s currently doing better than ever and is looking absolutely healthy and stunning in recent pictures.

Now to the part we’ve all been waiting for;

Love Life

While there has been a lot of rumors concerning Ini and other Nollywood actors being in a romantic relationship, none has been confirmed by her or by anyone else for that matter.

So, at the heart of it, they’re all just rumors.

In 2021, Ini announced on her Instagram that she was engaged to a “fan” named Abasi Ene-Obong. He is the founder and owner of 54Gene.

In a long post caption, she shared the journey of how they met and how Abasi sneaked into her life at first as “a fan”.

In her narration, she said she had put up on her story that she was craving Maltese balls and that it was difficult to get one in Nigerian supermarkets.

Abasi had replied her story and had offered to send her some all the way from London via her manager if she wanted.

Of course, she wanted.

In Ini’s words

“One week later, I got a whole bag filled with maltesers. I was so happy, I posted it on my Insta stories saying I had the best fans. But you were not just a fan and boy did you let me know!”

Still talking about her beautiful surprise proposal she said

“I don’t know how you knew, it was like you went into my mind and heart and knew exactly how I would want it,”.

Their Wedding

The pair got engaged in 2021 and a few months later in an intimate beautiful traditional wedding, they tied the knot.

The excited pair got on their instagram to celebrate their love and traditional marriage with Ini Dima posting

“Abasi, @abasieneobong my love!!. Today, our families accepted to become one. I’m so excited to go on this journey with you… Here’s to forever!”

The pair are also set to do their white wedding in a few months time. We, the online in-laws will of course be attending from our homes.

Here’s to wishing them a blissful married life.