Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna has announced his engagement to actress Ego Nwosu, sharing a video of the proposal on his Instagram page on Monday 9 November, according to The Sun Nigeria and Pulse Nigeria. In the clip, Ogbonna guides Nwosu into a romantically decorated space, presents her with a large bouquet of red roses, goes down on one knee and proposes. She accepts, and the couple share an embrace.
Ogbonna captioned the post, "One step, one promise, one lifetime," according to The Sun Nigeria. The proposal took place in a room decorated with flowers and candles, where a glowing sign asked "Will You Marry Me?" and a violinist played in the background, according to Ghanamma, which cites Pulse Nigeria and Daily Post. After Nwosu accepted, Ogbonna presented her with an engagement ring and gifts, according to the reports.
The announcement followed days of speculation about the pair, after romantic photographs of the couple circulated on social media, according to Ghanamma. Nwosu had shared photographs on her Instagram Story that fans linked to Ogbonna, and there were unconfirmed reports that the actors had been spotted together in Port Harcourt. Neither actor had publicly confirmed they were a couple before the engagement video appeared, according to Ghanamma.
Some social media users questioned whether the proposal was genuine or a scene from an upcoming film project, according to Ghanamma. That is online reaction only: the engagement is the actor's own announcement on his Instagram page, and no wedding date has been announced. Ogbonna was previously married to Colombian model Sonia Morales, with whom he shares a son, according to the reports. Nwosu rose to prominence for her role in To All the Broken Hearted, according to Ghanamma.
The photograph with this article is an earlier still of IK Ogbonna, not a photograph of the proposal. (Photo: IrokoTV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.)