When was it ever a crime in Nigeria?

Lasinoh:

Was it a crime before?
How many have gone to jail for it?
Many NL had 3-4 pregnant co-wives in the wedding parties. . .AT THE ALTARS/SHRINES, AT THE SAME TIME!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8292312.stm





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Oh Blazay, you are banned once again. Meanwhile, wassup with the super-man pants on your profile?

For the benefit of the many 'wives" and models of Orikinla in Lagos.

Everybody in the House is just talking about the law of the land, Africa, white law etc

What is the mind of God concerning Bigamy or Polygamy?

Exponental:

British law into African's blood stream, ODIESHI.
Congratulations to 2face!

Err !!!What law have we been practicing, with our judges wearing british garments and wigs. Our laws being just an amendment to British laws.Did we create the word "My lord?"

Ozin

The females on nairaland need to air their opinion o! Now u can settle in lagos and marry more than one husband o!

@^^ Gbam! Bigamy

The law was never in force before, so what is the point?

I wonder why the Lagos state govt's always hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons!

Tinubu,Fashola,Sasore,Ipaye et al need to quit making a mockery of the judiciary. Always arbitrarily repealing and ammending the laws of Lagos as though it supercedes already existing federal laws.

now i can legally have that party i have always wanted! i love lagos lol

odumchi:

Bigamy is a threat to modern law and civil order. In fact, that's one of the main reasons it wasn't implemented in the first place. First of all, with polygamy, diseases spread at a much faster rate. Second of all, strife usually results due to inheritance issues. Thirdly, how will a man with two wives be able to sign forms, take loans, and do other things when most institutions only recognize a family as: a man, his wife, and their children?

Then again, the issue of support for all of those children arises. If the man is well off, fine. If not, then how does he plan on training, feeding, clothing and educating all of the children he will beget? And also if a man is allowed to have two wives, why can't a woman have two husbands? In my opinion, Polygamy is one of the reasons why poverty is so high in certain places. It shouldn't be instituted in any state.

Polygamy was a thing for our ancestors. Back then, a man needed to have multiple wives in order to increase his chances of having a surviving child. Today, theres no use.

you took d words rit out of my mouth. When develop contries are looking for ways to minimised child birth, Lagos state (gradually all Nigerian) are creating ways to bring in many useless, uncareful for & futureless children.

Hmmm

Now i know where Lagos is heading.

So Nigerian women can now have more than one husband . . Wahala dey o. Guys are in trouble.

Does it mean an official married woman can get a male concubine also?

lol

Ha? At dis stage dis world has gotten to and we are talkin developin vacinnes, cure for aids, etc, we r busy encouragin more guys marryin more girls and. giving birth to more kiddos!

Eko o ni baje my foot!

cheikh:

@OP

There is a clear difference between BIGAMY and POLYGAMY.[b] I guess NLs are thinking both are one and the same thing. [/b]Please refer to your dictionaries again.

Exactly. LOL

Obsolete laws like the bigamy law needed to be kicked to the kerb.
Kudos to the Lagos state House of assembly.

Wtf? This is a passport to decadence. I don't think there is any legal system in the world except islamic law that permits marriage to more than one woman.we know lagos has always been the trailblazing state but this is a misplaced priority

Let not be hypocrites
Many of us came out from polygamous families or have loved ones who came out from such
We have evidence of bigamy all around us in 9ja
The outcry against Senator Yerima was because he married a minor not because of his multiple wives
Let's not cry wolf now when we have been shouting hurrah before

^^^^^
Not that I'm in support of bigamy.
Please thread take note.

Under Nigerian law you can marry according to
1.Islamic Law
2.Customary Law
3.The Marriage Act
The former two permit marriage to four or an infinite number of WIVES(NOT HUSBANDS) respectivley. While the latter recognizes marriage only between one man and one woman . It is only under the Marriage Act that bigamy is prohibited and carried/carries a custodial penalty.
Apart from removing the custodial penalty the status quo remains.
In ALL cases bigamy for women is prohibited

In ALL cases bigamy for women is prohibited

says who! whats good for goose is good for the gander

Marwa had 2 wives throughout his term as the Governor of Lagos State.

what is the significance of that??

Bigamy: the crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.

It means that women like men can now marry two or three husbands at a time. Why then did we ban gayism/leboyism marriage.

The world is really heading somewhere catastrophic.

olabukola:

Bigamy: the crime of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected.

It means that women like men can now marry two or three husbands at a time. Why then did we ban gayism/leboyism marriage.

The world is really heading somewhere catastrophic.

Because they are unnaturally and disgusting.

This law shows Lagos is still more progressive in thinking than most Western countries.

Sagamite:

Because they are unnaturally and disgusting.

This law shows Lagos is still more progressive in thinking than most Western countries.

You mean you are in support of woman marrying more that one husband at a time?

olabukola:

You mean you are in support of woman marrying more that one husband at a time?

Doesn't bother me the slightest bit.

it still remains a sin before God.