A Nigerian man believed to be in his 60s has married a young girl in Kano State. A video from the humble wedding ceremony recently made its way online, sparking outrage among Nigerians on social media.
Speaking about his decision to marry the young girl, the man described her as his choice and said they are in love.
“She’s my choice, we love each other”, he said.
However, there are conflicting pieces of information about the age of the girl. While some claim she is an 11-year-old minor, others claim she is 21.
Watch the video below,
In response to the video, a Twitter user @Monnyx4 wrote,
“70% of northern Muslim men are pedophiles? This is what they enjoy doing, the girl’s parents should be arrested what sort of nonsense is these ehnn? I don’t know the joy they derived from getting married to a child. Thank God am not a Northern Religion of immorality and vengeance”.
Another Twitter user @Ojbanji wrote: “So the little girl has no parent abi if the Alhaji chooses to be oloriburuku what about the parent that gives birth to that little Gurl 
But amid the backlash, a Twitter user, @Yaaboy6, supported the old man, saying:
“In the north, we don’t fornicate like you do. In the north, we don’t womanize like you do. In the north, we don’t rape underage like you do. 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 with them”.
