Ghanaian vocalist Efya needed only six words on Monday, November 9, to shut down a resurfaced clip of her younger self swearing she would never walk down the aisle.
Barely two days after the 39-year-old singer, born Jane Awindor, and 33-year-old Nigerian musician Tomi Thomas completed their three-day Accra wedding weekend, Nigerian blog Instablog9ja posted a wedding portrait alongside a six-year-old video in which she vowed never to marry.
Instead of ducking the receipt, Efya went straight into the blog's Instagram comment section and owned the U-turn: "Lol I guess I lied ... Oppsssssss."
For a singer who has spent years telling interviewers that feeding into internet noise is a waste of energy, the reply turned an attempted "gotcha" post into a victory lap for the #TJLuV26 couple.
Their road to the altar started publicly on Valentine's Day in February 2026, when a family knocking ceremony set off premature marriage rumours that her management had to calm down before the real celebrations arrived in Accra nine months later.
Abla Dzifa Gomashie, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, attended the kente-filled traditional marriage on Friday, November 6. Sister Derby, Fella Makafui, Hajia4Reall, Efia Odo and Kafui Danku also attended.
At the white wedding on Saturday, November 7, at the Underbridge Annex, the Accra style regular walked down the aisle with her parents in a corseted lace gown.
On Sunday, November 8, family and friends joined the couple for the dedication of their baby daughter, Zoe-Blair Adara Nana Efya Ankyaa Oluwateniayo Thomas, at Cedar Church (Assemblies of God).
Even her longtime collaborator Sarkodie, who missed both ceremonies while in Kenya, weighed in with a video message promising the newlyweds their own private mini Rapperholic concert as a wedding gift—a gesture that split fans between applause and calls for a cash envelope.
Be honest: if someone pulled up your 2020 relationship takes from the group chat today, would your alibi hold up any better?
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