72-year-old nan marries 27-year-old toyboy she met on Facebook

72-year-old nan Angela Nwachukwu has found a new lease of life after meeting her 27-year-old toyboy hubby on Facebook!

Angela Nwachukwu, a 72-year-old nan who lives in Dorset, has proven that distance definitely makes the heart grow fonder as she's currently in a long-distance marriage with her 27-year-old husband CJ who lives in Nigeria.

The unlikely couple met on Facebook after CJ sent Angela an unsolicited friendship request, and just two months later, she flew out to Nigeria to marry him.

However despite being married, the couple are having to live apart as CJ's visa to live in the UK has been denied.

And what's more, Angela - who has three grown sons and six grandchildren - has spent her £20,000 life savings trying to get her computer engineer husband into the country.

Talking about how their relationship began, Angela - who's a retired taxi driver - explained: "After my 16-year relationship ended, I felt lonely.

"After being single for six months, I saw that a young man had sent me a friend request on Facebook and I couldn’t believe my luck."

She continued: "I did wonder why on earth he had added me, but I accepted and he sent me a message straight away telling me how lovely my profile photo was.

"We chatted for hours, about our families and each other's’ hobbies - it was like we’d known each other for years."

Although their 45 year age gap might be a hurdle for some people, both CJ and Angela were able to see past it.

"He was six-years younger than my eldest grandchild so I knew it was wrong," Angela expalined, "but he was just so charming that I couldn’t help falling for him."

"It was only a few weeks since we’d been talking when CJ told me he had feelings for me and I was so happy."

Even though Angela was worried what her three sons - Phillip, 50, and Malcolm, 47 and Maurice, 43 - would think of CJ, they were soon won over after they realised CJ wasn't trying to scam their mum.

She explained: "[Malcolm] checked out CJ online and after seeing how squeaky clean all of his social media was, he felt he was genuine.

"They could all see how happy I was and that’s all they’ve ever wanted."