Child marriage: 95-year-old man marries teenager in Abuja
Alhaji Muhammad Sabo, a 95-year-old man in Abuja, has reportedly married a young girl alleged to be 14 years old.
Reports have it that the wedding fatiha was held on May 5, 2023, at Dogon Ruwa under Gawu in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
The wedding has since caused many tongues to wag.
A Nigerian, Ibraheem Sa’eedu, shared photos of the couple on social media writing alongside;
“Hard to believe to some, let me assure you that it’s real. Happy marriage in advance. The code is 05/05/23. Venue DOGON RUWA under Gawu, abaji Area council, F.C.T.
“Finally the did has been done. I have witnessed ooo. Happy marriage life..tsoho.”
One, Hussaini Duma Jagaba, who also witnessed the wedding stated that the groom made it known that he and his new bride love each.
“As I witnessed this wedding I pray may God save the marriage. 14 year and 95 years. For the interview we made with the old man yesterday after the wedding Fatiha, he said whatever people said he don’t care about that because they love each other some people may think they force her or she married him because of money, people should stop thinking negative about there marriage,” he wrote.
