Tony Elumelu Serenades Wife as She Adds Another Year

Up and up and up and on and on and on. There is no better way to describe the life of the Elumelus. From one gigantic milestone to the next, the power couple has shown itself to be a pair made in Heaven. As the missus clocked 51 a few days ago, the mister had nothing but glowing comments.

Tony and Awele Elumelu are sweet together in a way that very few married folks can be. Boundless fame and fortune have not been able to drive a wedge between them. The perfect pair, one might call them, since Tony is always only a step ahead in age and age alone. In other respects, they move together. And so Awele clocked 51, earning her dose of an annual birthday serenade from her 58-year old lover, friend and husband.

It has become a custom, really, this annual string of serenades from Mr Elumelu to Mrs Elumelu. It leaves tears in the eyes of many, many unmarried but many more in wedded lives like the Elumelus. To find and marry a woman like Awele is obviously Tony’s fortune, a fortune that most wish they have. Few women could bear the continental ambitions and goals of their husbands on their feminine shoulders. But that is exactly what Awele Elumelu is doing—even as she carries visions of her own.

As Tony Elumelu is to business and entrepreneurship in Africa, so Awele Elumelu is to healthcare in Africa. As the founder and CEO of Avon, a long chain of clinics and healthcare facilities, Awele has proved herself to be just as relevant and needed in her household as she is in the African healthcare scene. Keep in mind that she is a mother of seven. Talk about a superwoman.

Forget someone as astute as Tony Elumelu. Even a dullard would realise that a wife like Awele is hard to come by. So until old age and final sleep, it’s going to be one serenade after another for Awele Elumelu because Tony Elumelu is smart.