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Nigerian Billionaires Who Married Women At Least 30 Years Younger Than They Are









Founder and CEO of Hardel and Enic Construction Company, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, tops our list as the foremost Nigerian Billionaire who married a woman at least 30 years younger than he is.


The billionaire politician and businessman has a 40-year gap between him and his heartthrob; Chinonyerem Enweren, who he married at the age of 26, after he clocked 66.

The pair tied the knot in a lavish traditional wedding in Owerri, Imo State, with lots of dignitaries in attendance.



Second on our list is the blissful marriage between the Billionaire industrialist; Razak Okoya and his beautiful wife, Shade Okoya.
The pair with a 35-year age gap has shocked Nigerians with how well they have been able to make their marriage work and free of scandal.

The marriage which has stood the test of time is an envy for numerous Nigerian celebrity women who always applaud Shade Okoya for not only successfully managing her home but also her billionaire husband’s business.

Shade and Razaq got married in the year 2000, while Shade was a 23-year-old undergraduate student of Sociology at the university of Lagos and Chief Razaq, who is said to only have a primary school education, was a 59-year-old billionaire , sitting at the helm of affairs at the Eleganzer group, which he founded. 

They Union between the two is blessed with children and grandchildren.



Third on our list is the former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Rufai Sani Yerima.

The 63-year-old politician is entwined in controversy over his marriage to a young Egyptian woman, and whose age is yet to be confirmed. It is rumored that the politician is 40 years older than his wife, whom he married in the year 2000.  When asked during an interview with daily trust, to confirm the age of his wife, the politician refused, saying it was an invasion of privacy to reveal the age of his wife.

Other billionaire marriages with a wide age gap, worthy of mentioning includes;

The marriage between Prince Ned Nwoko and Nigerian actress Regina Daniels.

The marriage between the former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomole and his beautiful Capeverdean wife, Iara Oshiomole.

The marriage between Billionaire shipping magnet; Musa Danjuma and beauty queen, Caroline Danjuma, which has however hit the rocks.

The last but not the shortest age gap, the short lived marriage between Multi Billionaire businessman Prince Sunny Aki and ex beauty queen and socialite, Dabota Lawson.

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