Reactions have trailed a viral video on social media showing a Kano State man, simply identified as Alhaji, welcoming his new bride, who is alleged to be 11 years of age. NAIJA NEWS reports.
Reactions have trailed a viral video on social media showing a Kano State man, simply identified as Alhaji, welcoming his new bride, who is alleged to be 11 years of age. NAIJA NEWS reports.
While defending his actions in the video seen online by Naija News correspondent, the elderly man, suspected to be in his 70s, said their marriage was born out of love and mutual consent.Information Guide Nigeria
“She is my choice, I married her because we love each other,” Alhaji stated. People suspected to be family members were heard in the background whistling as they hail the couple.
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Naija News reports that the development has generated a barrage of reactions on social media as many netizens expressed their disappointment with the act.NYSC Portal
Reacting, however, to critics of the man’s action considering the quoted age of the bride, one Kawu Garba noted on his timeline in response to a tweet, that the girl married to the Alhaji is a 200L undergraduate student of a State University.
According to him, the girl was initially married to someone but she was unhappy with the relationship and filed for a divorce in court.
“First, she’s an adult, a 200L undergraduate at a state university. Second, she was married initially to someone but said she wasn’t doing it and went as far as a court to file for divorce. She loved him and asked him to marry her. Kuma Allah ya halatta masa,” Garba wrote on Twitter.JAMB Result
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