THERE are strong indications that the Senate will on resumption from the Easter break debate the recent marriage of Senator Sanni Yerima to a 13-year-old girl from Egypt.

Speaking with Sunday Tribune on condition of anonymity, a source at the Senate disclosed that “the upper legislative body will soon deliberate on the marriage recently contracted between Yerima, a former governor of Zamfara State and serving Senator to an underage girl from Egypt.

“The development is very very wrong and lacks any sign of morality. It is a clear case of child abuse which we have been fighting against. It is illegal and should be condemned by well meaning and right thinking Nigerians,” the highly influential Senator declared.

The lawmaker noted that “the law of the land frowns at this kind of marriage which is a clear case of child abuse. It is embarrassing to the Senate and indeed the National Assembly and that is why the issue would be tabled before the Senate and decision will be taken.”

Condemning the marriage, the federal lawmaker stated that, “the development becomes more embarrassing considering the calibre of the Senator involved, who should know better as a former state chief executive and a serving lawmaker.”

Former governor of Zamfara State and a serving Senator, Alhaji Sani Yerima, few weeks ago got married to a 13-year-old girl from Egypt.

Sunday Tribune reliably gathered that the marriage ceremony between the senator and the minor was not allowed to take place in Egypt because of an existing law which bars minors from getting married, hence, the ceremony was shifted to Nigeria.

In 2003, the National Assembly passed a law on child rights which supercedes the provisions under the Sharia legal code. The law clearly forbids marrying girls under the age of 18.

Buffoons. Why is he not in jail. This is beyond ridiculous. There is enough shame here for them all to kill themselves. The fact that nobody has the balls to just come out and say this man should not be walking free is beyond me. ughhhhhhhh. Fccking losers

i wonder how the children feels about their farter marrying a child.

the height of ridiculousness

Why was that wedding abuse not halted? Dont the human rights people in naija know how its done?  Step one find out the venue. Step two mobilize a mob. Step three disrupt the ceremony efficiently.  (but then again, its Naija people just vent online and will not actively fight injustice) The guy was hell bent. Egypt refused him and he moved location to naija? Chei!   

I have a couple of friends here who are professional protesters. They will take bus or plane to any venue where there is injustice.  . This is one case that would have had me getting on a plane to Naija with my signs well marked with the word PERV!!!!!

Islam gives him the right to do so afterall his prophet married girl of 6 .
go figure

why dont they just marry fetuses and call it a day?

spoilt:

why dont they just marry fetuses and call it a day?

nah . . .that one is still in the planning, will probably happen when every hospital have access to ultrasound, so when  a woman discover she is having a girl they can place their order. bloody fools

i pity the poor girl. this just a legalized child abuse