An elderly Nigerian man said to be in his sixties has stirred reaction after tied the knot with a young girl in Kano State.
The video of this wedding stirred multiple reactions from Nigerian after the video went viral.
While speaking on his choice to marry the young girl, the man described her as his choice and said they are in love with each other.
“She’s my choice, we love each other”, he said.
However, there are speculations about the girl’s age. While some claim she’s an 11-year-old minor, others claim she’s 21.
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Reacting to the pot a twitter user @Ojbanji wrote, “So the little girl has no parent abi if the Alhaji choose to be oloriburuku what about the parent that gives birth to that little Gurl … Shey madness they worry them ni abi they’re blind… Where exactly are we heading in this country nitori olohun
”.
Another twitter
@Monnyx4 wrote,“70% of northern muslims men are
paedophile? These is what they enjoy doing, the girls
parent should be arrested what sort of nonsense is these
ehnn? I don’t know the joy they derived in getting married
to a child. Thank God am not a Northern Religion of immorality and vengeance”.
However, amid the backlash, a Twitter user, @Yaaboy6, supported the elderly man, saying,
“In the north we don’t fornicate like you do. hreIn the north we don’t womanize like you do. In north we don’t rape underage like you d. Bcos our women don’t use to dress seductively. Our mothers were married at 14 to 15 but they enjoyed it the most bcos we become friends to them”.