Africa’s richest woman, Dr. (Mrs.) Folorunso Alakija, spent a whopping 5milllion pounds which is about N2billi

on on his son, Folarin’s wedding to Iranian beauty, Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifar recently in London.

The grand wedding took place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, UK. Folarin is one of the 66-year-old oil tycoon’s four sons. He lost his first wife to cancer. Folarin is an entrepreneur, investor and cinematographer. His mother is worth about $2.1 billion.

Forbes ranks her as the 14th richest person in Africa but the richest woman in the country. She is number 80 on its global Power Women list and overtook Oprah Winfrey as the richest woman of African descent in the world in 2014. She flew hundreds of close friends and family members from Nigeria to attend the talk of the town wedding.

The Woodstock venue, which is the ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill, was kitted out with one million white roses, a lavish cake decorated with hundreds of ornate white roses and even hosted pop star Robin Thicke at an estimated cost of £150,000. The venue was exclusively hired at a cost of £150,000 with the bespoke marquee and bespoke marble floor with their initials etched in gold costing around £200,000 on top.

According to the venue’s website, the cost of hiring the whole venue is on application but hiring just the palace and state rooms costs £33,000. The beautiful flowers were the work of Jeff Leatham, who is known for his elaborate decorating of the Kardashian’s homes.

Bringing over 30 staff members to the UK for the ceremony, Jeff adorned every inch of the venue with copious amounts of roses and white orchids.

Jeff, who can command up to £250,000 for flowers, has worked for Madonna, Oprah and Tina Turner. He was also the man behind the flowers at Eva Longoria and Tony Parker’s wedding.

Guests were also treated to a surprise performance from Blurred Lines singer, Robin Thicke, who reportedly costs around £150,000 to hire and would have been flown over from the US, as well as a magnificent firework display in the hotel grounds later in the evening.

Folarin’s new wife, studied Bio-engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Manchester, has a graduate Diploma in Law.