Alhaji Bello Masaba, remember him? The 87-year-old world renown polygamist, then married to 86 wives, may soon be back in the trenches with the Niger State Government over the refusal of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to register him as a member of the party.

Masaba was for most part of last year engaged in legal battle with the state government which charged him under some curious provisions of the sharia law for marrying more than four wives prescribed by the Quran for Moslems. Government later withdrew from the case for want of evidence.

This time, the battle may have moved from the legal turf to the political battle ground, where Masaba has vowed to engage both the state government and the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, in a battle of political supremacy.
Daily Sun reliably gathered that when the Islamic cleric appeared at the Etsu’s palace where the registration was taking place, he was turned back by the registration officials who claimed to be acting on orders from above.

Masaba was said to have stormed out of the palace in annoyance, vowing to make sure that no single vote from his Masaba ward will go to PDP in next year’s general election. A chieftain of the party in Bida, Alhaji Isah Lakpene, who confirmed Masaba’s denial of registration said the matter has become a source of concern to PDP members in the area, as no constitutionally sustainable reason has so far been adduced for the refusal to admit him into the PDP fold.

“I have to find a way of getting the governor to know about this. If we fail to register Masaba we stand the risk of losing about 1,500 of the 2,000 votes in the ward,” Lakpene lamented, stressing that he was sure Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu may not be aware of the development.

Meanwhile, the Islamic cleric last weekend gave five of his daughters in marriage in Bida. Family sources revealed to our correspondent in Minna that despite the hue and cry over Masaba’s perceived unislamic matrimonial status, two of his sons-in-law are said to be children of highly placed personalities in Bida. One is even said to be the son of a traditional title holder in the ancient city. Daily Sun can also authoritatively reveal that the number of Masaba’s wives has since risen to 100, and he is still counting.
Source: The Sun

The same report says he now has 100 wives.

WTF?? How can a man marry so many women? Is he the richest man in the village or what cos it looks like all the fathers that have a female daughter are donating their daughter for something in return to this man who might not know all the women by name.

how does he manage

The same report says he now has 100 wives.

Are those women senseless? Abi na juju he dey take catch them?

funny report.

na jazz the man dey use.

mama-gee:

There's no way this disgusting Old man is getting into our Political group.
What next he would get elected as President and then steal our money to marry more wives.

jamace:



Are those women senseless? Abi na juju he dey take catch them?

Most part of last year the man became very popular when he was battling the Government to allow him to marry the 86th wife. Despite loosing the case he have since then added another 14 wives.

Who knows what will have happended if he won that case

At some point that last year Alhaji Bello Masaba argued that he took better care of his family than men with a single wife and few children.

This man is must likely to hold this record for a very long time to come.

Well if PDP don't give him membership, other parties will gladly do - his household alone can change the outcome of an election.

He is a voting block

He has a ward of his own?

He is only practising his religion, lol.   

^ Must you attack Islam at every opportunity? How daft can you be? Seriously, u surprise me everyday with your stupidity,

bgees:

^ Must you attack Islam at every opportunity? How daft can you be? Seriously, u surprise me everyday with your stupidity,

Did I mention Islam explicitly ?

Guilty conscience ,

frosbel:


Did I mention Islam explicitly ?

Guilty conscience ,

Now I see y it took u so long to pass ur Jamb.

The last time I checked PDP does not have a maximum number of wives its members can have.

If they do then let them tell us and show us how this man with 86 wives is any different from a Man with 4 wives morally.

Most of the so called PDP stakeholders and power brokers have up to 4 wives.

They are discriminating against Mallam Masaba based on matrimony and most importantly social status. The party of Adedibu surely has a place for Mallam Massaba 

They should give him his membership card abeg.

He would soon add mamagee to his harem

I wonder how many children he has,and if he knows them all by name.

He has knows all his children and the must surprising thing is that most of his wives are literates and daughters of prominent people in his community. PDP should give him ticket oh, cos no amount of rigging can make them capture his ward. lol. 100 wives no bi joke o. Na wetin he use catch dem?