hope43:
so when does an 18yr old becomes a child

choose d ans dat suit u d most let mi kno

Congratulations sir.

Nice one bro, I thought am the only one thinking that way. The igbo's are confused bunch of fools with selfish kingsmen using the name biafra to enrich themselves

ERAKAMUS:
what do you mean?

Change your ways and stop being a coconut. The Muslims are the worst affected when it comes to terrorism. The Muslim scholars and rulers have been battling with extremists among the Muslims, right from the first century. They are called khawarij and Muslims have been forewarned about their emergence. So calling every Muslim a terrorist or a potential one is a gross misrepresentation of facts and painting a group of people with the same brush.

doublewisdom:
Well deserved afterall he's an authority on Islamic terrorism.

Haters keeps hating, hypertension is closer to you. Moreover being an enemy of Islam will only cause you distress

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Truthpallbearer:
Change your ways and stop being a coconut. The Muslims are the worst affected when it comes to terrorism. The Muslim scholars and rulers have been battling with extremists among the Muslims, right from the first century. They are called khawarij and Muslims have been forewarned about their emergence. So calling every Muslim a terrorist or a potential one is a gross misrepresentation of facts and painting a group of people with the same brush.

[/s]RESPECT YASEF THIS MORNING DID I ASK YOU ANY QUESTION WHY THIS CONVULSION. #LASTWARNING.

uselessgoat:
THE IGBOS ARE THE ONE'S SUPPORTING BUKOLA SARAKI A yoruba/fulani MAN WHILE THEY VOTED AGAINST BUHARI WHO IS AN hausa/fulani. ISN'T IT OBVIOUS THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TODAY THEY SHOUT BIAFRA, TOMORROW THEY WANT SGF. THE NEXT DAY THEY ARE BEHIND SARAKI AS SENATE PRESIDENT AS IF HE IS AN IGBO MAN. THE REASON THEY KEEP SUPPORTING THAT COMMON THIEF IS JUST A WAY OF ENSURING TINUBU'S INFLUENCE IS DIMINISHED. NO MATTER WHAT, TINUBU REMAINS THE BEST POLITICAL STRATEGIST IN NIGERIA COS HIS IDEOLOGY AND MEDIA MIGHT DEFEATED A RULING PARTY OF 16YEARS. SARAKI IS A BABY COMPARED TO TINUBU AND HE WILL BE BOOTED OUT OF THAT STOLEN SEAT BY FIRE BY FORCE. THE IGBOS CAN ONLY WATCH AND WAIL

buy yourself a brain...uselessgoat

ERAKAMUS:
[s][/s]RESPECT YASEF THIS MORNING DID I ASK YOU ANY QUESTION WHY THIS CONVULSION. #LASTWARNING.

I have presented you with the truth and it's now left for you to amend your ways. Na ur type dey incite violence and u go waka go hide wen fight happen.

Truthpallbearer:
I have presented you with the truth and it's now left for you to amend your ways. Na ur type dey incite violence and u go waka go hide wen fight happen.

FIGHT FROM TERRORIST LIKE YOU BOY STOP DREAMING. YOUR RELIGION HAS ALWAYS PREACH VIOLENCE, WAR AM NOT SURPRISED HEARING SUCH FROM THE FOLLOWER OF MOHA.....MAD.

jethro2013:
just bcoz you lost your father when you are 2yrs old now gave you a yardstick to be insulting someone's father...watch your tongue fool...

I careless about wat u said cz I knw ur brain bump is under ur feet (Mumu cat)

ERAKAMUS:
FIGHT FROM TERRORIST LIKE YOU BOY STOP DREAMING. YOUR RELIGION HAS ALWAYS PREACH VIOLENCE, WAR AM NOT SURPRISED HEARING SUCH FROM THE FOLLOWER OF MOHA.....MAD.

Only if u knw d implications of wat u are saying, then u will realized it's an injury to ur forthcoming generation by spitting rubbish on other religion.

ERAKAMUS:
FIGHT FROM TERRORIST LIKE YOU BOY STOP DREAMING. YOUR RELIGION HAS ALWAYS PREACH VIOLENCE, WAR AM NOT SURPRISED HEARING SUCH FROM THE FOLLOWER OF MOHA.....MAD.

I won't mince words with you not a sign of defeat, but to leave you with your stupidity and lack of respect for the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him). May you receive guidance or may the punishment of the Lord descend on you. "Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to
them but they used to mock at him." (Ya-Sin 36:30)

I do not see the Nigerian in Bahrain community there. They didn't invite us. Imagine!!!!

Wake up Nigeria
Why not an award in banking

Naff24:

Only if u knw d implications of wat u are saying, then u will realized it's an injury to ur forthcoming generation by spitting rubbish on other religion.

Fu*.ck off Slot.

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Truthpallbearer:
I won't mince words with you not a sign of defeat, but to leave you with your stupidity and lack of respect for the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him). May you receive guidance or may the punishment of the Lord descend on you. "Alas for mankind! There never came a Messenger to
them but they used to mock at him." (Ya-Sin 36:30)

[/s]Like seriously,You are nothing but a "mere loser" who give a fu*ck about Dogmatist like you huh! get a life Dude.

In sanusi's voice... Thanks, no vex boy

I thought he is currently in the holy Land 4 Hajj!!!

adedayourt:
Congrat Sir



but i still dey vex for u 4 dat child abuse mess of a thing

you called a girl of 18 a child? mehnnn u fk up ooo

ibroauthen:



you called a girl of 18 a child? mehnnn u fk up ooo

am not callin an 18 year old a child in isolation, am callin her a chikd compared to d age of d man shes gettin married to

adedayourt:
Congrat Sir



but i still dey vex for u 4 dat child abuse mess of a thing

Ur supposed to know that an 18 year old woman is not a child. Its normal in our tradition

Pascal181:
Y not,when he's using our money 2 do d work of islam

Idi0t

abduljabbar4:

Ur supposed to know that an 18 year old woman is not a child. Its normal in our tradition

18 is not a child by law. but am sayin 18 is a child compared to d age of d man shes gettin married to.

GOOD ONE...MAKING NIGERIA PROUD. GOD BLESS YOU EMIR SANUSI.

Who cares? Abeg let him keep that to himself and his people and not to spread it. To them every thing is religion.

I married an 18 year old adult to "strengthen long historical bonds". - Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi

I am sure NC members all have their views and have kept quiet out of (appropriate) deference to our right to make our individual choice. Obviously I do not need to explain anything to anyone in a purely personal matter but a few points are worthy of note:

The lady in question is 18 and therefore legally of age to marry under all laws and certainly under Muslim law.
She is proceeding for her undergraduate education in the UK in January. She had an A in computer science in her O levels and plans to get a degree in computer science.

3. Each and every one of my wives is a university graduate and some have worked and then stopped and in each case the choice was purely theirs.
It is a tradition in Kano that emirs and princes in choosing wives consider issues beyond the individual. The family is in every sense a social unit. My predecessor was married to princesses from Ilorin, Katsina and Sokoto.
5. The relationship between the late Lamido of Adamawa Aliyu Musdafa the father of the current Lamido is well known. Lamido Aliyu was the first emir turbaned after emir Sanusi I and they remained close until Sanusi’s death.

My own relationship with the current Lamido dates back to 1981 when he was Ciroma and commissioner for works. By the way the Lamido and I are not illiterates we know what we are doing and he does have a PhD in Engineering.
My own mother was married in Adamawa and lived there for more than two decades and I have eight younger brothers and sisters from there.
8. It is therefore natural that if I choose to marry from another kingdom Adamawa would be the first choice for me and I am extremely happy to strengthen these long historical bonds.
The young lady in question gave her free consent and even after the contract the wedding will not happen for a few years. By then she may be 21. If she freely consents to this I do not know on what moral grounds anyone has a grouse. She is an adult, she gave her consent, and her education is not being in anyway interrupted.

The real issue is that people do not accept cultural difference. And you can see it in the approach to these issues. I am supposed to be urbane and western educated. Yes but I am not European. I am a northern Nigerian Fulani Muslim brought up in a setting exactly like the one my children are being brought up in.
If you read this and it improves your understanding of this issue that is fine. If it does not just remember it is not your life, it is not your daughter and you are not my wife therefore it is not your business.

I obviously cannot stoop to the level of responding publicly to these kinds of articles. I have always been an advocate of girls marrying after maturing. I personally like the minimum age of 18 even though I understand those who say 16 is fine and indeed this is the law in most so called advanced countries.
Is this something that I expect a European or western trained or feminist mind to appreciate or endorse? Not at all. But has any American been bothered about my views on men marrying men or women marrying women who frankly I find primitive and bestial? No and my views do not matter. These are cultural issues.

Even in Nigeria I have heard all this stuff as in Pius article about “north” and northerners. Again it is a failure to respect difference. There are parts of this country where parents expect their daughters to live with their boyfriends for years and actually get pregnant before they marry. It has become culture. We do not have that in the north and if your daughter gets pregnant before marriage she brings nothing but shame to the name. But we do not issue condemnations. We agree that this is how they choose to live. And I can give many other examples.

When people use the term libido they do themselves injustice. First of all it shows how they view women and marriage. Women are nothing but the object of sexual desire. Marriage is nothing but sexual gratification. Well I am sorry but in my tradition it is not. Beauty and attraction rank third after religion and lineage in the choice of a wife.
They see an 18 year old young lady. I see a princess of noble birth whose mother is also a princess, and who has been brought up in a good Muslim home. This is the kind of woman that is prepared for giving birth to princes and bringing them up for the role expected of them in society.

Marriage is both social and political. Expanding the links of Kano which have already been established by my predecessors through inter-marriage with Katsina, Sokoto, Ilorin, Katagum, Ningi, Bauchi etc to Adamawa is an important and significant step and this is obvious to anyone with a sense of how royal families work and Ibn Khaldun’s sociological concept of Asabiyyah.
When the Emir of Kano marries it has to be something beyond what he personally desires to what is appropriate for that position and the expectations of the people he represents. You don’t just pick up any girl on the street. And by the way, for those who shout libido, sex is cheap and available everywhere in all shapes and sizes and all colours if that is what they want. And all ages too. Marriage is a very different proposition. The mother of your children has to be something other than, not at least much more than a mere object of sexual fantasy. But if you do not know that you need to buy yourself a brain.

I have daughters. And they know they can only marry from certain backgrounds. I always prefer family. When my daughter wanted to marry Mouftah Baba Ahmed’s son and she asked me, knowing my views on family, I told her Mouftah is family. And this is not about me and Mouftah or me an Hakeem or Nafiu. No. It goes back to Baba Ahmed and Emirs Sanusi and Bayero. And the same rule applies to my sons. And it applied to me as well.
It is, I am sure, very strange that I should even bother to comment on this. But it would be hypocritical for me to just keep quiet so long as these things are being posted and commented upon explicitly or in a snide manner. There was no secrecy in the marriage fatiha. The date was fixed and it was to be done in the central mosque after Friday prayers.
The day before we had a tragedy in Saudi Arabia and decided the fatiha must be very low key as a mark of respect for the dead. All traditional rulers in Adamawa were there, as were governors and commissioners, members of my own emirate council and Adamawa people. There is nothing here to hide or be apologetic about.
The emirs of Adamawa have shown love to my parents and grandparents and it is a sign of my appreciation of their love that i marry their daughter. This is the highest statement of friendship and loyalty on both sides.

Again if you understand this this is fine. If you do not, buy yourself a brain, A la Pius.

In any event this is my one and final and only comment on this. And I am making it out of respect for NC members.
MSII (Emir of Kano)

adedayourt:

am not callin an 18 year old a child in isolation, am callin her a chikd compared to d age of d man shes gettin married to

Why are you not barking at the following ppl in your own backyard:

Nnamdi Azikiwe was well in his 70's when he married his 2nd wife Uche at barely 16 yrs of age.
Chief Tony Anenih shares a 60 years age difference between him and his wife.
The Alaafin of Oyo married his youngest wife at 18 while also in his 70's.
Ojukwu controversially married (his friend's daughter) Bianca with over 30 yrs age difference between them.

Just to name a few and there are many more examples, not only in Nigeria but all over Europe and American - what's more, no law; legal, religious, cultural or otherwise has been broken.

So what is so different in Sanusi's case?
Maybe its his region/tribe/religion you are truly against; otherwise pls explain the double standards.

ItsMeAboki:



Why are you not barking at the following ppl in your own backyard:

Nnamdi Azikiwe was well in his 70's when he married his 2nd wife Uche at barely 16 yrs of age.
Chief Tony Anenih shares a 60 years age difference between him and his wife.
The Alaafin of Oyo married his youngest wife at 18 while also in his 70's.
Ojukwu controversially married (his friend's daughter) Bianca with over 30 yrs age difference between them.

Just to name a few and there are many more examples, not only in Nigeria but all over Europe and American - what's more, no law; legal, religious, cultural or otherwise has been broken.

So what is so different in Sanusi's case?
Maybe its his region/tribe/religion you are truly against; otherwise pls explain the double standards.

Sir did u read in any of my post where i gave thumbs up to any of the above listed character??

I also condem dat ugly act irrespective of tribe, race of who eva does it. even if ma pop man does such, which he dare nt stoop loww nd think of talkless of puttin to action

YOU are a Bastard and a extreme tribalist,hope the MOD's are watching your comment.

uselessgoat:
THE IGBOS ARE THE ONE'S SUPPORTING BUKOLA SARAKI A yoruba/fulani MAN WHILE THEY VOTED AGAINST BUHARI WHO IS AN hausa/fulani. ISN'T IT OBVIOUS THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TODAY THEY SHOUT BIAFRA, TOMORROW THEY WANT SGF. THE NEXT DAY THEY ARE BEHIND SARAKI AS SENATE PRESIDENT AS IF HE IS AN IGBO MAN. THE REASON THEY KEEP SUPPORTING THAT COMMON THIEF IS JUST A WAY OF ENSURING TINUBU'S INFLUENCE IS DIMINISHED. NO MATTER WHAT, TINUBU REMAINS THE BEST POLITICAL STRATEGIST IN NIGERIA COS HIS IDEOLOGY AND MEDIA MIGHT DEFEATED A RULING PARTY OF 16YEARS. SARAKI IS A BABY COMPARED TO TINUBU AND HE WILL BE BOOTED OUT OF THAT STOLEN SEAT BY FIRE BY FORCE. THE IGBOS CAN ONLY WATCH AND WAIL

adedayourt:


Sir did u read in any of my post where i gave thumbs up to any of the above listed character??

I also condem dat ugly act irrespective of tribe, race of who eva does it. even if ma pop man does such, which he dare nt stoop loww nd think of talkless of puttin to action

What is the basis of your condemnation and from what doctrine?
Please explain why you see fit to condemn two consenting adults from marrying.