An emir abducted an underaged girl, forcefully
converted her to his religion and married her off to
himself in Katsina state in Northern Nigeria, and many
people from that part of the country see nothing
wrong with the actions of the emir.
If this isn't paedophilia, I wonder what it is. I have often wondered how these old men have sex
with their child brides until I stumbled upon the
practice of thighing.
The northern elite class use religion, poverty and
illiteracy as tools of social control. They impoverish
and use the masses as their foot soldiers. I have never seen or heard about an underaged child
of a rich northern elite being married off. They always
have the best education and get married as young
adults to members of their fellow elite class. Neither
have I heard of an elite northerner being punished by
sharia law. It is always the weak, vulnerable and poor citizens
that are flogged and/or have their limbs hacked off.
A lot needs to be done in the North by way of
orientation. Brilliant and enlightened minds from
Northern Nigeria should be more vocal in condemning
these 19th century practices. #FreeHabiba