Linda Ejiofor and Ibrahim Suleiman

Following the trend of celebrity weddings, 2018 was the year Tinsel stars, Linda Ejiofor and Ibrahim Suleiman, said ‘I do’ to each other.

It was a move similar to Banky W and Adesua Etomi who played a couple in ‘Wedding Party’ eventually got wedded in real life.

In Tinsel, they play a couple. Linda plays Bimpe while Ibrahim plays Damini. Up till the announcement was made, nobody suspected that both were in love. Their real-life relationship was well-hidden from the public until Linda herself shared their pre-wedding pictures on her Instagram page in November.

The couple wedded in November.

Ibrahim and Linda have been friends for a few years now, but it was not until after his mum passed away in June 2016 that they really started to bond. He was in a really dark place and was ready to throw in the towel and move back to Abuja so he could be closer to his siblings. Linda (along with a few members of his inner circle) was able to convince him to stay in Lagos.

He accepted a job as an Architect with a design and build firm while working towards his first solo exhibition as an artist. In November 2016, the actress, Harry Dorgu, and Adesua Wellington talked him into showing up for a reading for a role on Africa Magic’s Tinsel. Prior to this, he had never acted a scene in his life, so it was quite a coin toss for him. The audition went well and he landed the role of Damini White, a character who is Bimpe Adekoya’s boss who becomes her onscreen lover.