Wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs Olufunsho
Amosun has narrated how she converted from
Christianity to Islam after her marriage to the
governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
She explained why as a staunch Christian with a bishop
as a father, she is married to a Muslim.
In an interview with Vanguard, she said “The first
person I told I wanted to get married to a Muslim was
my mother. First, she burst into tears and then she
asked me whether I had told my dad and I said no and I
could see that mischievous smile.
“But, today, my mother and my husband are like the
best of friends and, of course, I get my pound of flesh
back sometimes when they are joking and she has
forgotten! I will say, ‘Eh! Muslim lo fe fe’ (meaning, you
want to marry a Muslim).
“When I told my dad, he said, ‘Ah, okay, well, we just
have to pray about this one’. But somehow, they hit it
off very well. The thing about it is, my husband
believes in God. My husband, I will say, is even more
religious than me.
“He truly believes in God, he has faith in God that all
things are possible and when you see somebody that is
so committed and you see that based on his faith; not
challenging God, but telling God that ‘I believe in you’
and you see time and time and time again those things
manifesting.
“It started from me having faith in his faith. I have faith
in his faith, God and that just made it so easy, because
I could see that God did not fail him and I know that
my husband doesn’t believe in anything else, except
God.”
When asked if there was any deliberate attempt from
her husband to convert her to Islam, she said, “Not
really. But yes!
“I pray the Muslim way because we are a very close-knit
family and, in the beginning, I will tell my children,
‘Oya, time to pray’. ‘But mummy how come you are not
praying with us?’ ‘Does that mean daddy’s God is not a
good God?’ My children will ask me. And that was when
I began to give it a thought. It didn’t take much time
before I joined them. The rest, as they say, is history
but it was not his doing, I just converted, just like
that,” Mrs Amosun stated.
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