Iniobong Edo Ekim (1982- ), better known simply as Ini Edo, is one of the top actresses in Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry. Her first film was “Thick Madam” (2003). She has been in over a hundred films, just 30 in 2007 alone. Some are on YouTube as of this writing (May 2009). Nollywood films are cheap, straight-to-video affairs, not grand Hollywood productions.
According to this blog she is the eighth most beautiful Nigerian actress. She has beautiful eyes, but lacks the figure of an Omotola or the all-round good looks of Genevieve Nnaji.
Although she loves acting, has acted since she was a child in church and at school, and even though she studied theatre arts at the University of Uyo, she did not see herself becoming an actress! She was thinking of going into law or television. Nollywood at that point had not yet taken off. But one thing led to another and she found herself acting in a film. Both she and others were pleased with how well she did.
Well, her father was not so pleased, not at first. He wanted her to get her degree first. And besides, she was just 19 at the time, a young woman. To become a film actress meant going to a city far away where she knew no one. He was afraid people would take advantage of her. But it all turned out well in the end: a film director saw her talent and took her under his wing and looked out for her like a father. And she did get her degree too, from the University of Calabar, though it was not easy to balance acting with her studies.
Some actresses feel like they have to sleep with the producer to get ahead. She thinks that does not work in the long run, not as well as hard work and talent. Men came on to her all the time when she was single, but she did not let them turn her head: she knew what they all were after.
In November 2008 she got married to Philip Ehiagwina, a businessman. Nollywood actress Rita Dominic came to the wedding. Edo had a second wedding in February 2009 in America, in Houston, Texas, where her husband is based.
Their relationship had been in the newspapers: not just because Edo is one of those people that newspapers like to write things about, true and untrue, but also because Ehiagwina had already been married, to Ruth Okoro, a Nigerian-American model and actress. Okoro made his leaving her for Edo ugly and public, both of them saying terrible things about each other. If Okoro is to be believed, Ehiagwina is a heartless, untrustworthy character.
Ini Edo is an Ibibio from Akwa Ibom state in the south-east, not far from Calabar. Her mother was a teacher and her father, a church elder. She had a strict upbringing, the second of four children, three girls, one boy.
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Pretty actress, but seriously, you should do an article on Mercy Johnson, another Nollywood actress – she’s a favorite of mine and very underrated.
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Her name keeps coming up, so I probably will, sooner rather than later.
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hi ,well i have watch seveal movies of Ini Edo and like her soo much,but recently i came to across a statement made against her that she had a chap wedding,well i went to shear a piece of advice with her that it not how expensive or quality of materials u involved in it that will determine the sustainability of ur marriage but understanding and ur readiness towards that institution well determine it,so pls go on with ur vision and not allow such incident to change u,never forget ur dream, keep on and God well be ur helper.
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hello every one.
i hope you will all agree with me in what i am going to tell you. dont you belive ini is the most favorite movie star for the whole world? well for me he . most people always says without make-ups ini is not the best but i see it as untrue just becuase i have being wacthing her movies for so many years now and i like her the most even than ghanaian movis stars where i am from.
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ilove the way act i wich to be like u one day my nomber is 70054694 i will like to have som of ure pictuers in my box
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Ini edo, iknow love is blind them say u could have look for young and unmarried man instead of second handed man . well be careful for him not to dump you for third star because it seen as if your husband like marrying actrees and dumping them heartbreak . i love ur movies dat is while am concern if imay say . ur fan from italy have nice time (ciao )
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aunt ini i dont av much to say bt i jst wish u a very happy married life i love d way u act hw i wish i could see u or even av ur number jst to contact u,O GIRL U TOO MUCH
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ini i heard u r too loose is it true?tat is someone else husband u are marrying
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Well, if you want to talk about pretty Nigerian actresses, Mbong Amata (nee Odungide) and Doris Simeon (Yoruba movie actress) fit the bill.
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ini u are a cute angel. kip been a star nd happy married life.
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baby i adore ur beauty i wish nd pray to God that one day i will become a damsel like u.pls baby link me up i want to become an actress 08053955865. i love u and keep the flag flying u are too much
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well ini i think u r cute and ok and ur husband is also a hunk and a beef cake so make sure u keep him very busy so unatached ladies like me dont grab him iam a star u know well luv ya nelly and ruth
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well, you r cute and whenever i watch your films , i really feel at and i do not go out from my house.
you are a star and am behind you all the time.
All the best!
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ooh!!!!!!!! ni, i jst adore ,wat u do move on gal.i wish u joy and ahappinss in ur marriage.
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cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee b kul
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girl u look so sexy wetin come make am so coa i will like 2 knw the secert behind all dis
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I must admit that Nollywood movies are interesting to watch, but it’s not a genre that I would watch too often as most of them are similar to very cheap soapies. There is no artistic value in the visual perspective and the analogue is somewhat immature.
A good Hollywood movie with a great story and brilliant acting still rules entertainment worldwide.
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Hollywood, like Bollywood, is a mature film industry with a deep market. Not so Nollywood.
Nollywood makes low-budget films. From what I have seen they are pretty much glorified soaps, like you said. Even the sound quality is wanting. I would imagine that piracy is a huge issue too, which would limit their profits.
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Hi Ini, i am one of ur fans. i wish u happy married life. be careful and behave good.make sure that you possess all the good qualities that ur husband needed from the 1st wife that he did not get from her .
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Ini ,ever since i started watching your movies,i happened to like you so much,iam happy that you got married to the person you love,though you got a bit of challenge from ruth,but dont you let anyone let you down,just believe in GOD because he is our strength,and nothing will let you down because GOD will guide you and your husband.i wish you all the best!!,cheers.
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she should dress desend when acting, now dat she is married.
meanwhy i must her for been agood actress
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hellow my preety queen ,when ever i watch your movies i go crasy into the most depest love…i am from ghana..please dear i want to be your mr best friend evr on earth after the lord God…please write me walterdedu@yahoo.com or call me on +233246007762..please i need your contact number am goining crazy about you and your intereing movies
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i like u girl and i want to be an anctress like u.
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ini to me is beautiful than omotola, pls stop comparing the two.
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well,ini is Good but i will advice her to also open her eyes very well ad be smart too on this her marriage issue cos what happen to the first wife of the man might also come again.but God forbids.its well with her.ini should just close one eye ad open one ooooooooooooooooooooo.
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Hi,Ini am happy about you, you are now marry to a wonderfull man and i can see that he will be a man of god and he will care for you anytime any day.Ini,your white wedding is so amazing.You look so nice that day.
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ini i luv u bt 2 be honest, u accepted 2 married ths guy cuz he is rich, nd u knw the truth. if 4 ex they ask u 2 go nd get marreid in Chad one poor guy, u won’t.
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i like watching her movies so much.she is a good actor and my fantasy. send me your photos and phone number
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hey girl, u re gudlooking i must confess i admire ur beauty , i luk forward of becoming an actress some day link me up.08085977506/08137365056.
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she is one of the beautfull and great actress in Africa I realy love her she is the best
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I LIKE INI SHE IS THE MOST BEAUTY LADY IN NOLLYWOOD FOR ME, I LIKE HER
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I like u
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ini i really love you and your acting
wish you come to zimbabwe one day hey
you are so beautiful
wish you a hap marriage baby keep the fire burning
chao chao
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you are cool.i hope this your marriage will last till dead do you part!!!!!
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hi ini,
I really luv u nd ur acting. i think and i noe dat u’re a really great african actress. u really inspire other young ones who wants to be in de movie industry. u were sent to earth for a purpose and u r proving that. i may be just a thirteen year old but i do noe who an inspirational leader is. luv u very much
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Ini Edo,I love watching your movies.You are beautiful but not as beutiful as Omotola.I just want to advice you to keep your eyes open on that young guy married to you because i am afriad he may also dump you as he did to his ex – wife.
I stated hating you when i heard that in one of your interviews you said that you were beautiful than all Cameroonian girls.That seem s childish because you can never be as such beautiful and it is not good to brag like that.If this is true about you just better control your tongue.
I am more beautiful than you but i like you always .
Linda from Cameroon .You can write me through angelmanjuh@yahoo.com
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hi ,well i have watch seveal movies of Ini Edo and like her soo much,but recently i came to across a statement made against her that she had a chap wedding,well i went to shear a piece of advice with her that it not how expensive or quality of materials u involved in it that will determine the sustainability of ur marriage but understanding and ur readiness towards that institution well determine it,so pls go on with ur vision and not allow such incident to change u,never forget ur dream, keep on and God well be ur helper
Ini Edo,I love watching your movies.You are beautiful but not as beutiful as Omotola.I just want to advice you to keep your eyes open on that young guy married to you because i am afriad he may also dump you as he did to his ex – wife.
I stated hating you when i heard that in one of your interviews you said that you were beautiful than all Cameroonian girls.That seem s childish because you can never be as such beautiful and it is not good to brag like that.If this is true about you just better control your tongue.
I am more beautiful than you but i like you always .
Linda from Cameroon .You can write me through my e-mail samuelsexy44@yahoo.com, Edo,I love watching your
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Lady your so cute and sweet in acting I really love u
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hi iam a camerounian, i like so much ini edo because she is my girl, she play very well. i am crasy of her
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All i can say abt dis is 2 make sure, dat is Gods plan 4 u n nt 2 make mistake.now since u hv marrd him dont use anytin like charm bt prayer.dont mind wot peple say it might discourage u.
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I love Ini so very much,,,,
i wish u a happy marriage life girl, keep flying
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you are fake Ini!! you always praise your self but gal you are nothing!! so cheap!! and worst of all u r trash!! go to hell men used you as a rag!! thats why u quiecklt clang to that guy but i promise u gal u gonna die slowly!
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hi!Ini,i love u so much,dont worry about the negative comments of the jealous cowarts,its not easy to be you,so u got all the right to boast of yourself!and as for that stupid linda,who is wishing for ur death,never mind,just pray for the thing.keep on ur the best
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I Love u with passion
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HI THE GREAT QUEEN. I HAVE HEARD ALOT FROM PEOPLE, BUT NEVER MIND IT IS OUT OF ENVEY. BE CAREFUL LEST THEY SATCH HIM FROM U. TAKE GUD CARE OF HIM.
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Hi Ini Edo i like the decision you take to get married is not good to be single you will lost you respect and like the way you always act i pray that GOD should guide and protect you
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Wow she is really pretty. Dear i really do love ur movies and yours pictures you are just what a man will need in this life. Lucky is the man who is married to you. In your movies u really proof yourself as a really woman a man will need. I think i like u. How i wish we could be friends it will be my greatest desire. Thanks alot for been a good example to many of us out here and to crown it all we do love you.
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Wow she is really pretty. i do love is movies
i like the decision you take to get married is not good to be single you will lost you respect and like the way you always act i pray that GOD should guide and protect you
I love Ini so very much,,,,
i wish u a happy marriage life girl, keep flying
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Alright Abagond, the French say ‘les gouts et les couleurs ne se disputent jamais’ that means you can’t dispute over tastes and colors…the same with beauty. I personally don’t agree with you over the position you have given Ini Edo on your ten most beautiful nigerian actresses–the 8th position?? To me she should be first or second.
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Wow! u just make some of us from Akwa ibom proud.I love watching u and who knows? u might help put an end to tribalism in the film industry.
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hi ini i love youuuuu so much and your movies.
girl you are my role model love u bye.
please can i have your telephone number please.
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hi girl u are really wonderful,i like every thing about u nd u are my star. is not easy to be what u are,jus have faith and be strong,ignore the nagative side of life and u wil spake.i really admire u a lot.
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To me u are the most beautiful woman i have ever set ma eyes on. u are a real character and u always fit your role.Dnt mine the enemies of progress,jus keep rolling and let the sky b the limit.
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girl i admire you more dan ur husband.i love ur movies kip it up.cos amie is ryt.ur r 2 pretty girl ur eyes drives me crazyyy.u r 2rly a stuf.lol
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OK, Abagond???
u cant just do stuff like this with little or no knowledge bout the people ur comparing. Im a Nigerian based in the UK, i do projects for Nollywood n i get to see a lot of Nigerian movies too. Ur top 10 most beautiful… is totally not correct. Genevieve Nnaji no 1??? oh, Plz!
NEXT TIME U WANNA DO STUFF LYK THIS, U GATTO FIRST SEE THIS PEOPLE, B WITH THIS PEOPLE, ASSOCIATE WITH THIS PPLE… AND NOT MAKE JUDGEMENTS MERELY FROM PICTURES OR VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE AND ALL THAT! COMMON!
If u wanna make this blog work… u gatto work it!
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AND SERIOUSLY abagond, INI EDO 8th? CHRIST!, R U BEAUTY BLIND?
Let me tell u how to work it…
People lets do this…
No 1…
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ini edo ur’e so beautiful gosh u drive me crazy kp it on girl.
go ini go ini go.
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I love you Ini EDo! If am asked, you are the best actress in Nollywood. I love your inner and outer beauty. I always watch any movie that you act. You are a role model to me, too coz despite of your celebrity nature, yo got married at the right age.
wow! What a beauty! May God bless you in all your endeavors.
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you are just beautiful. you act naturally and passionately which makes me like you. from Ghana.
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Hai ini.what u did wil also happen 2 u.no man puts assander what God puts 2gether.God wil punish u.
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i love u girl………just make him happy…he is yours now as u enjoy the moment
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Hi gal, u really an angel. U ar su beautiful n intelligent, so determine and committed u ar exceptional baby. so many people say we look alike even the nigerian living here tn the gambia. This ma contact +2207923317
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hi i am from dominica my email is hadasha-1@hotmail.com.i love seeing ur movies and love watching u on computer
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Gudness,the nigerian actresses r mo decent compared to ghanaians who r sluts.keep it up nigeria ,zambia love u.
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Ini,I love you for loving yourself so much and you have every right to.You are an actress to watch.Your talent is unique and by the way am dying to have your autograph,when are you landing at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport?
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any one hat want to see ini edo should call or write me sylvee10@yahoo.fr or call 22544856504
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I like you very mucch ini im from suriname
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u ar great Ini. i am Kenyan and i know most of ma pals and ma family love u so much. i personally just enjoy watchin ur movies. u are simply so beautiful and lovely to watch.
ignore the haterz, as someone sed, they a enemies of progress. simply a bunch of jealous haterz.
u go gal
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aunt ini i dont av much 2 say bt i jst wish u a very happy married life i luv d way u act hw i wish i could see u or even ur num jst 2 contact u, o babe u 2 much
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you look wow keep him forever coz if you dont ……
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how can i meet with INE EDO am student of abubakar tafawa balewa university Bauchi state
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Wow, what a profile! i wish you the very best in marriage and acting.
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My advise to u is to quit up with dat man u call ur husband cos oneday he will surely do the same to u, so u better look else where for one. or should i find u one
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i love you ini u are the most beautiful face i av ever seen you are more beautiful than beyonce when ever i watch this ur movie first expirience i use to feel like obama itself
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ini beautiful angel ur husband is the luckiest man on earth for having you as a wife i don.t give a damm to what they say but i do believe that love is the basic need of human nature without it life can be destructed phisically mentally spiritually and emotionally
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What a nice pics
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ini edo’s wedding
gown is beautiful. i amire it alot, how i wish it will be my becoz i know God will do it for me, and that day i dream to have exactly like of ini edo own gown.
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while i dont hav much 2 say but ini you are the number one, and i real want to speak with you because i so much love you. this is my number: 08062802259
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i hope 2 b like u some day.i admire u.
u are my role model
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she is looking so good i love her so much yoo
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Ini, i have a lot to tell u but i dent hav ur number as i said but in all pls be prayerful
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Ini, mey God be ur power
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u are the most beautiful gel in Africa, u rocks gel, may God bless u, love u FROM South Africa, i enjoy all your movies… u rock
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i luv all ur movies i just wish to see u in person one day
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Inni edo. I like her so much she the best
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Some comments here are so weird. People actually think they’re contacting Ini Edo? Really?
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I do not knw hw to discrip u but u are an epitome of beauty.
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wow, Ini, your picture is so beautiful, I would love to see your movies
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infact 2 me ur the most beautiful figure in nollywood i even wonder y they have given yuo the eighth position any way just chill i luv u
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zarah we r jst saying what we think abt her nd no one thinks they r actually talking to ini edo kk nd plz keep ur feelings to urself
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u all stop putting curses on the girl they said she is married to a man who was one married nd not is married so that means he is no longer married
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i like u Ini,u are queen,
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U re the best i love u
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anti INI i love everythx abt u.i wish u were my sister.kip up with ur talent i’m 4rm Cameroon
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If ini edo is number eight among tha most top nigerian chiks then av agreed that there are beautyfull ladies,i mean i thought she is tha most waaw coz whenever i feel lyk watching any of nigerian movies i alway go for ini, why? becaus ini is just..
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Ini Edo supposed to be the second most beautiful lady
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so cute
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I like your role in the movie world apart….you are so cute….
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