Former Zamfara state governor and serving senator of the federal
republic of Nigeria, Sen. Ahmed Yerima,divorced 14 year old Egyptian
girl named Marian after three years of marriage and marry a new wife.Sen.Yerima and four men, said to be members of the Zamfara State
House of Assembly were in Egypt a few weeks ago for the wedding fathia
of a new bride said to be 15 years old.
Marian who is now 17 and a mother of one, is believed to be the
daughter of the former governor’s driver whenever he visits Egypt. The
reason he divorced her is to enable him take a new wife as he’s not
allowed more than four wives.
The Senator is alleged to have married and divorced a few women in
the last few years but has never changed his first three wives, only the
fourth ones.
Sen. Ahmed Yerima this year was strongly against the deletion of the
section of the 1999 constitution which pegged the official marriage age
in Nigeria as 18 year, saying it was anti-Islam.
A quick recap
Senator Yarima was accused of marrying an underage girl from Egypt and
was investigated for having violated Nigeria's Child Rights Act of 2003.[8] However, under Article 61 Second Schedule of the Nigerian Constitution,[9]
the Nigerian Government has no power to legislate on “marriages under
Islamic law and Customary law including matrimonial causes relating
thereto”, meaning that Senator Yarima had no legal case to answer and
the investigation was dropped. He maintained that he has not violated
sharia: "History tells us that Prophet Muhammad did marry a young girl as well. Therefore I have not contravened any law."[10] The senator was accused of paying a dowry of $100,000 (£66,000) to the child's parents.
Guys dont you think something needed to be done fast.
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