Outrage As Alhaji Marries 11-Year-Old Girl In Kano

Several reactions have started trailing a video involving an Alhaji and an 11-year-old girl in Kano-State, Nigeria.

In the video making the rounds online, the Alhaji marries the 11-year-old girl as his new wife.

The Alhaji while in the video expresses utmost joy while unveiling his new wife as he removes the black-coloured veil on her face and then brings her closer to his side.

According to the groom, the marriage was born out of love and mutual consent. He said; “she is my choice, I married her because we love each other.”

As expected, the video has generated several reactions among netizens, while many said Islam allows it and it’s normal like that in the North, others referred to it as abnormal and by extension called it “child molestation”.

Watch the video below;

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See reactions below;

edendieko: The mere thought of this man mounting on this child is a nightmare n it is alarming 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ I am sure this man’s grandkids fit be this child agemate .oloshi gbogbo.

kexx_10: This is a clear child molestation, and most times I wonder if Islamic religion in Nigeria is different from the one they practice in outside Nigeria.

aladiautos: How can this be a crime in the south and allowed in the north? Are they not part of the Nigerian constitution?

dxiorabbyy: This is garnished paedophilia,can someone explain to me how a grown ass man is attracted to a baby..this is so sad 😢.

mhizsugarlips: Tomorrow I don’t want to hear 11 year old newly wed bride stabs husband multiple times to death o‼️ Na all these nonsense dey cause am😒😏 She doesn’t look happy.

abelpter: And look at old women laughing at the background. Women who should be protecting that little girl.

fabulosgloria: Please I m begging you. Please tell me this isn’t true. Tell me this is just propaganda. This child is my daughter’s age and an 11year old is a baby. This is the height of ped0phi1ia.

Culled from intelregion.com

Kano Alhaji Who Allegedly Marries 11-Year-Old Girl speaks

The Kano Alhaji accused of marrying an 11-year-old girl has reacted after his wedding went viral. 

In a video from the wedding which went viral and sparked outrage, the aged Kano Alhaji defended his choice, saying: “She is my choice, I married her because we love each other.” 

The Kano man has now taken to Facebook to address the public outcry his marriage elicited. 

He said his wife is 21 years old, not 11 as claimed, and that it was her choice to marry him too.

“My recent marriage with Sakina has generated a lot of tension and unfounded allegations that I married an underage girl some suggesting she is 11 years old and that she was forced to marry me. That is untrue.

“The Wedding Video went viral. We decided to keep mute but was advised to state the true facts, here it is: My beloved wife is 21 years old she made her own choice of me as her husband and I loved her too. I hope the blackmailers and doubting Thomas’s will see the reality in this picture and leave us alone to enjoy our honeymoon,” he wrote.

In the Sharia-legislated Kano State, the rates of child marriage are some of the highest in the country.

In February 2022, the Kano State Assembly voted to adopt the Child Protection Bill, but Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has yet to assent to it.

State legislators should ensure that the final version of the law guarantees adequate protections for girls, including recognizing 18 years as the age of majority as set out in African regional and international law.

In Kano state, Human Rights Watch found that families often plan marriages for girls without providing any choice over when or whom they marry.

Girls and young women said that the decision about their marriage was based on traditional practices and family poverty.

In many Sharia-legislated states in Nigeria, child marriage is justified on religious and traditional grounds, with the age of adulthood based on puberty.

Child marriage is also reinforced by unequal gender roles. Girls have very little access to decision-making power, bodily autonomy, or rights.

While some families also sought to lessen their financial burdens by marrying their daughters off, married girls said that their economic conditions worsened after marriage and that they were poor and didn’t have enough food.

Most either did not attend school or were pulled out of school due to poverty and pressure to marry. They often lacked the ability to make decisions related to finances within their households and had most of the burden for household care and work. In some cases, their husbands prevented them from taking on sustained paid employment.

Culled from Human Rights Watch

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