I Became A Millionaire At The Age Of 18 - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Speaks On Her Early Marriage

Veteran Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, recently had an interview with BBC Yoruba where she spoke about getting married to her husband, Captain Matthew Ekeinde, when she was 18-years-old, IgbereTV reports.

During her interview, Omotola said she was ready for marriage and was already a millionaire at 18 when she married her husband 25 years ago. The actress said this when she was asked if she would allow any of her children to marry at the age of 18 like she did.

She said;

“I was at the age of consent when I got married and above all, I was mature when I met my husband. Currently, I have only one child that is 18 years old, so the question is late. He is a boy and peradventure, he says he wants to get married, I will not allow it because he does not have his own money now.

One must apply wisdom or common sense in everything one does. People cannot say that because I married at 18, therefore they can also do it. The question is, ‘are you ready for marriage’? When I was at that age, I was ready. I had been working since I was 15-years-old and I had become a millionaire at the age of 18. That is a fact that a lot of people don’t know.

I had my own money. I was not dependent on any man. Moreover, my father died early, so I was already responsible for my younger siblings. I was like their mother at that time, so I was very mature and financially prepared. One should not marry a man when one is not financially stable.

If one does that, one would be going into slavery or better still, prison. If any of my children, after considering all these factors, say they are ready for marriage, we (parents) would meet the person and if we like them, we would give them our blessings.”

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When you sleep your way to the top, you can be a millionaire at 12 (if you have the right physique)

The poster above me is pathetic... He/she needs Deliverance from his mindset.

You became a millionaire doing what?
Nigeria journalist don't know how to ask questions, they just ask random questions.
If it was an intelligent person asking her questions, she will be ask to tell the world what she was doing that made her a millionaire at the age of 18.

Because i know that in the western world, every young millionaire In Europe or America has what he or she is doing that has turned them into a millionaire at a very young age. But NIGERIA is so different, you see a young rich guy or lady and you can't tell the job or business he or she does that has brought about the money and cars.

Started working at the age of 15 and became a millionaire at the age of 18 in the 90s.
OK.

Bitter and pained people everywhere

They just can't stand seeing a woman being financially successful and stable

Hanty millionaire.
No disrespect, but that is VERY less than likely.
At 18, you were relatively just a nobody who had just been fortunate enough to have been picked to feature in Violated Mortal Inheritance because you looked sickly skinny enough to play the role of a sickle cell patient.

Video clubs rented out Mortal Inheritance VHS cassettes at 5Naira per day, while it cost 50naira to buy the same movie!
So can you tell me how you were a millionaire at 18?
How?

Movie roles at the time cost about 20thousand
to 40thousand naira and that was for lead actors like Liz Benson, Teco Benson, Ramsey Noah, Olu Jacobs and Regina Askia.
Genevieve began entering that class and all she got was envy.

But what if NwaAmaikpe is wrong and you truly were a millionaire at 18, shouldn't you be ashamed that at almost 50, no one or verrrrry few people outside your immediate family can say you lifted them to their peak?

How has your millions impacted the lives of the people you are trying to motivate with this fable?
How many scholarships are in your name?
Asides clout chasing, how many hospital bills in the South East, South West and South South have been taken care of courtesy of you?

If you are a thrillionaire, you are an imaginary thrillionaire in your own pocket.
People like this should go and ask Akon what it means to be successful or rich. It's useless if it benefits no one but you.

While the ignorant hail you, people like myself in my insanest state will not recommend you as a distant role model to anyone.

Hmm hard work pays

Ammishaddai:
When you sleep your way to the top, you can be a millionaire at 12 (if you have the right physique)

TRASH

Welcome Motivational Speaker....

Is possible

And so?

Mysheperd:
Hmm hard work pays

Where she work before 18 or did she win lottery?

It's not bitterness or hatred to ask how a person made the money they had.

If you must tell us how much you are worth, then you owe it to tell us how you got it.

Again it's not bitterness or hatred to know how a person made his/her wealth.

ok show us the way..

And this comment has reduced the killings across the country abi?

Ammishaddai:
When you sleep your way to the top, you can be a millionaire at 12 (if you have the right physique)

Some nairalanders and their way of staying in a corner of their one room and keep assuming nonsense

Is it in naira or USD? There are millionaires and there are millionaires...

$2000 na millionaire these days....

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ZendayaColeman:




TRASH

I don't expect people like you to understand

nah so she no lie sha.. I pity those that give girl belle and later marry that girl

dangotesmummy:
Bitter and pained people everywhere

They just can't stand seeing a woman being financially successful and stable

This comment here, is why Africa is and will continue to be backward.

One is allowed to brag about accumulating wealth without any verifiable means of livelihood and nobody dares question how the money came about, lest you're termed 'Bitter and pained'.

Ndo nu

ScamHunter:
Is it in naira or USD? There are millionaires and there are millionaires...

Oga millionaire na millionaire whichever currency!

Congratulations

I believe her die!
We both featured in her waka pass role at age 15. I was her classmate in the movie "stillness" . She was paid $450 for the role.
So it's possible she was a millionaire at age 18.

ScamHunter:
Is it in naira or USD? There are millionaires and there are millionaires...

Na in BTC

I'm not surprised cause i was a millionaire too before i started walking

Mumu girl, we know say u open legs to get that bar

Something must be fishy...Even at 20s no money for account.