Man Gives Out 12-Year-Old Daughter To 52-Year-Old

ANOTHER case of giving out minors in marriage has again occurred in Ghana when a man offered his 12-year-old daughter to a 52-year-old Nigeria based man.





http://odili.net/news/source/2010/may/1/603.html

Only recently in Nigeria, a Senator and former governor, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, took a 13-year-old Egyptian girl as a wife, an act that has been condemned by many people.

What makes the case in Ghana more interesting is that the actors in this drama are Nigerians, but they have been dragged to court.

The father, who is also a Fulani cattle owner at Nkawkaw in Ghana, on Friday appeared before Mpraeso Circuit Court presided over by Mr. Alex Owusu Ofori for offering his 12-year-old daughter to marry his 52-year-old friend.

The man, Alhaji Maaju Abubakari, pleaded not guilty to the charge of force marriage and accepting dowry.

His friend, Alhaji Aliu Gariba, who is based in Nigeria, pleaded not guilty to the charge of trying to marry an under-aged girl. They have been granted 10,000 Ghana cedis bail each and to reappear on May 5.

Prosecuting officer, Inspector Christian Apronti, told the court that last year, Alhaji Gariba visited his friend at Nkawkaw where he met the girl in his house and expressed interest in marrying her.

The prosecutor said Alhaji Abubakari, who is the head of the Fulani community in the Kwahu area, informed the daughter that his friend wanted to marry her, but she refused.

Apronti said on January 19, Alhaji Abubakari and Gariba attempted to forcibly send the girl to Nigeria in a private car, but when they got to a police check point at Nkawkaw, the girl started screaming that she would not go anywhere with them.

He said police personnel at the checkpoint became suspicious and questioned the girl after which she was sent to the Domestic Violence and Victim's Support Unit.

Alhaji Abubakari was compelled to dissolve the marriage and allow the girl to continue her education. The prosecutor said the two accused persons were granted police enquiry bail to report periodically to the police, but the police had a tip-off that they were planning to send the victim to Nigeria.

They were re-arrested and charged with the offence while the victim had been placed under the care of the Department of Social Welfare.

http://odili.net/news/source/2010/may/1/603.html

Illiteracy is the bane of the population.

@ 12 yrs old. Sad

Meanwhile in Nigeria child molesters sit in the senate

rasputinn:

Sani Yerima again,this man has to be stopped desperately

LWKMD

Nigeria again?

This things happens almost every day in the northern part of Nigeria.

That is why someone like Yerima should be jailed as a warning example to others.

Also, there should be increased education on this subject, people should stop using religion as an excuse.

Many of the Islamic countries have legislated against early marriages, because the reality is that early pregnancy is hazardous to these young girls health.