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Oxfordshire, England over the weekend, felt the buzz of the lavishly planned wedding of the son of Nigeria's oil tycoon, Folorunsho Alakija.
The billionaire spared no expense on her son's opulent nuptials which is estimated to have gulped $6.3m

According to Daily Mail, a UK-based newspaper, wedding guests are still sharing pictures from the incredibly lavish wedding of the son of Nigerian oil baroness Folorunsho Alakija, which happened over the weekend in a United Kingdom Palace.

Folarin Alakija, son of the billionaire married Iranian beauty and model,  Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifar. at Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire.

The wedding is estimated to have cost £5m ($6.3m), with a 12ft (3.6m) cake, one million roses and a surprise performance by US singer Robin Thicke.

Wedding guests shared their favourite moments on Instagram with one video showing guests entering the dance floor to Nigerian musician Ycee's song, “Omo Alhaji.”

Another video showed bedazzled guests dancing to Montell Jordan's ‘This Is How We Do It.”

The floral designers posted on Instagram that they used "10,000 hydrangeas and counting.”

Folorunsho Alakija is estimated to be worth $1.61bn by Forbes magazine. She made most of her money in the oil industry and is ranked number 18 on Forbes' list of African billionaires.

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