Yerima Says 14-Year-Old Egyptian He Married Is Doing Her Master’s Now

Senator Ahmad Yerima on Friday defended his marriage to a 14-year-old Egyptian girl, which sent shockwaves across the globe 13 years ago when it first came to light.

The former Zamfara State governor drew the ire of local human rights groups when reports emerged in 2010 that he had married an alleged 13-year-old foreigner at the national mosque in Abuja.

The outrage prompted a Senate probe — as a sitting senator at the time.

However, Yerima who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today, revealed that his Egyptian bride was older and was in the process of obtaining a master’s degree.

When he objected to her being 13, the former governor was asked if she was 15, to which he replied, “Around that age: 14, 15.”

Yerima criticised the Child Rights Act (2003) and the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (2015), saying whatever act is passed at the National Assembly has to be domesticated by the state assemblies.

“And once they have not done that, it’s no longer a law,” he added.

The former governor alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo “tried to smuggle the Child Rights Act”.

"He passed it at the National Assembly through some manipulations but I don’t think any state in the North domesticated it and passed it,” Yerima said.

Asked to share his views on whether children deserve the right to education and other freedoms enshrined in the Child Rights Act, he argued that marriage could not stop education.

Yerima also noted that his daughter whom he had given away in marriage at the age of 16 “is doing her PhD in London”.

$100,000 For Her Hand

On the claim that he paid $100,000 as dowry for the Egyptian girl’s hand in marriage, the former Zamfara governor noted that “it’s not dowry.”

He explained further that “all other things” stipulated as conditions for the marriage were counted to arrive at that figure.

“Provision of the house, provision of dowry, the dresses that she has to wear, everything [in] total,” he said. “At that time, it was just N15 million.”

One can give as much as is requested of them in marriage by Sharia Law, Yerima disclosed.

“Whatever you have to do in marriage is clearly stipulated under the Sharia Law. You have to provide for a house for the girl, if you’re marrying her, like, from the condition the Egyptian government’s law provides,” he said.

BadMaster:
Of course, hypocrites will condemn him for marrying a girl of 14-years old. But I can assure you that, here in Nigeria, it's practically impossible to find a 14-year old girl that's still a virgin, especially in the South.

So, the question is, who are those defiling these young girls?

BadMaster:
Of course, hypocrites will condemn him for marrying a girl of 14-years old. But I can assure you that, here in Nigeria, it's practically impossible to find a 14-year old girl that's still a virgin, especially in the South.

So, the question is, who are those defiling these young girls?

Chenu60:
VIDEO: Ahmed Yerima Gives Current Update On 14 Year's Old Girl He Married In 2010



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9IvwtsB1EY


Former Zamfara State Governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima has said that the 14-year-old Egyptian girl he married in 2010, when he was 49 is now doing her masters degree .

Yerima disclosed this on friday during an interview on Channels TV Politics Today.



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BadMaster:
Of course, hypocrites will condemn him for marrying a girl of 14-years old. But I can assure you that, here in Nigeria, it's practically impossible to find a 14-year old girl that's still a virgin, especially in the South.

So, the question is, who are those defiling these young girls?

saysoo:
Am a christain and I think Islam has kept our society moraly up than Christainity.

saysoo:
Am a christain and I think Islam has kept our society moraly up than Christainity.

malali:
Religion rules.
Civil rules.
Cultural rules.
Societal rules.
Racial rules.
If Ahmed Yerima had married a man.......France,USA would have been very happy, possibly thrown a party for him.
If Ahmed Yerima had paid and brought home a prostitute.....Amsterdam would not see anything wring with that.
If Ahmed Yerima had slept with a little boy.....the pope and the Vatican would have looked the other way.
Civil and religious rules in Nigeria and the USA would forever be different.
Not to say what Ahmed Yerima did was right, but would you rather your sister married at 14years old or be a prostitute at 14years.

BadMaster:
Of course, hypocrites will condemn him for marrying a girl of 14-years old. But I can assure you that, here in Nigeria, it's practically impossible to find a 14-year old girl that's still a virgin, especially in the South.

So, the question is, who are those defiling these young girls?

obayendo1010:
you are a stup*d one...

saysoo:
Am a christain and I think Islam has kept our society moraly up than Christainity.

Max24:

You too think with your brains and answer the question. Leadership should be by example.

FiftyFifty:


Stop being hypocritical. Who told you that Yarima isn't sending children to school on his scholarship scheme? Men are marrying men and women are marrying women, even the Pope has condoned that, because "that is freedom", right? Will you be happy to have your 14-year sister married up or end up prostituting around like most girls rooming around your region? You have your " standards", no one is complaining, why are you then complaining about others' standards? Was the 24 year-old girl forced in to the marriage? What is even your problem with something that do not concern you in anyway? I just don't understand the way some of you think.

BadMaster:
Of course, hypocrites will condemn him for marrying a girl of 14-years old. But I can assure you that, here in Nigeria, it's practically impossible to find a 14-year old girl that's still a virgin, especially in the South.

So, the question is, who are those defiling these young girls?