princekevo:

If the court or constitution recognises the Islamic mariages is he not commiting a bigger crime by goings against the Section 33(1) of Nigerian marriage act? Mind you, he is not being charged to sharia court of law, but Nigerian court of law. And the constitution made is clear that where there is a conflict between the sharia law and the Constitution of the country, the constitution prevails.

martinosi:


Ayetta "ITK"(I TOO KNOW) Mama!!! ROFLMAO!!!

The Dumb-A** Senator is Wrong!!! Period!!! and yes the BBC Should Name
and shame the Guy, when you refuse to take responsibility at Home you
will be subject to concrete Authority from Abroad,

And if the Senator has any assets abroad ie houses etc they should be seized and
sold and the proceeds sent to help Child Molestation Charities!!!

ayettymama:

wow u gys are funny- its is actually in nigeria's child rights acts- if many of u werent soo blinded by personal opinion someone should have been able to point it out! kaii none of u can make good lawyers!! aaanyways;

It said the marriage violated Nigeria's Child Rights Act of 2003 forbidding marriage with anyone under 18. The punishment is a 500,000 naira (3,320 dollar/2,500 euro) fine or a five-year jail term, or both

opata:

@ ayettymama , 

abeg stop all this semantics, dissembling and distortions. oh ,  and the insults too.

if something is wrong, you should seek avenues to redress it. even where there are no enabling laws, they can be created but only by protest and representation.

if we adopt this seat on the fence attitude, nothing will change. if you think you're immune and these things can never touch you, better have a rethink. things have a multiplier way of hitting innocent people.

if ahmed yerima has his way (and he may well eventually have it; he's in government, isn't he?), you would wear a veil at all times, not be able to work with your hard earned academic degrees and generally be a second class citizen.

better be careful ,  and fight (not necessarily physical) when you can ,

ayettymama:

and the crap is what?? that most of u failed to point out the actual laws against marriages or that most of u are blinded by personal opinion?? or the nigeria's child acts right of 2003? martinosi- go and sit somewhere we have seen your bolded headlines, they arent that entertaining- take a break followed by an education and grow the f up!

just take a look at his picture,  he is obviously born to herd cattle,  if not for the distorted nature of the nigerian state,  this fool is suposed to be in a bush somwhere herding his cows for peanuts,   i dont blame him,  when a monkey sees free bananas what do u expect?

ayettymama:

o please o please o please

your gonna tell me its ready for a guy her age but not ready for an old man?? are there statistics to say children by older men are bigger?? o please go somewhere and u think your intelligent- go somewhere joo let betta people talk!

martinosi:


LOL! Sometimes when posters like Ayetta-mama post you have to wonder
whether they just like hearing the Sound of their Keyboard
or the Feeling of typing their "Mis-guarded" thoughts online.!!! lol!

They just chat "Bare-Crap" most of the time!!! What a Patsy!!!

jay bee:

I get your drift. The questions are as follows;
[b]Did a marriage ceremony occur between the 2?
If yes, was it performed by a licensed official or cleric in the case of sharia law?[/b]If you answer No to the above questions then technicaly zilch charges can be brought against the dude.

ayettymama:

and the crap is what?? that most of u failed to point out the actual laws against marriages or that most of u are blinded by personal opinion?? or the nigeria's child acts right of 2003? martinosi- go and sit somewhere we have seen your bolded headlines, they arent that entertaining- take a break followed by an education and grow the f up!

bigbish:

pls can the people that are making this noise tell us the marriageble age in the bible?

YOU GUYS ARE JUST SHOUTING CHILD ABUSE ,CHILD ABUSE,
1-WHY ARE YOU NOT CRYING CHILD ABUSE OR WHAT EVER YOU CALL IT BY YOUR VATICAN PASTORS?
2-WHY ARE YOU NOT SHOUTING OVER RAMPANT INCIDENTS OF UNWANTED PREGNANCIES AT EVEN LESS THAN 10YRS

buffox:


For you question, he claims he is trying to live his life by the prophet's teachings. There are hadiths (teachiongs of the prophet's lifestyle) that puts forward that he did get married to a minor. Also, a lot of this has sunk into the arab culture with no respect for women of any sort. Hence, a lot of ridiculous things are done in the name of what i spermitted, like the trading of young girls for marriage.

So when a set of people like some of the narrow minded northerners choose to idolize a set of people to live their lives by, even if the religious leaders do not directly influence it, they borrow a leaf from these crazy acts in the middle east, and back it up with religion.

Iyara:


If indeed he did marry a girl of 13 years, as far as his religion is concerned, the man has done nothing wrong. Attempts to prosecute him will be seen as an attack on Islam. In Europe and America, Yerima would be imprisoned and registered as a intimacy-offender. However, he is not subject to American law. Nigerian laws it would seem are a bit hazy on the matter.