happney65:


But a Dude here in the Southwest Married Omotola then?And omotola was 18 then isnt it?So what the Fuss?..She is an Adult and not a child..Note am not a Fan of Sanusi,but on this he hasnt done anything Bad..Skikena!

whizpa:
i don't think there's anything wrong with the marriage. The girl is legal and hence ripe for marriage. However, I think Sanusi's marriage to her is a sham.. Seeeee age difference.. chai!!!! He has sons and daughters that are older than this girl. He talks about consent like we don't know what happens in the north.. The girl had no choice. She can't protest. Consent my foot.

I had a friend in secondary school who was betrothed at age 14, to a man old enough to be called grandpa. This man visits her almost everyday and even complains when he sees her talking to boys. No one understood their relationship and the girl was too ashamed to say it but you could tell by her body language and frown that she hasn't signed up for it. At one point, her father came to school to warn the boys to keep away from her. "She's married and the only thing delaying her ceremony is her secondary education". She was 14 ooooo.. 14.....

Your story here does not do Sanusi any justice. He has only managed to convince me that the girl in question was born to be his wife. He also managed to tell us how the marriage might be political rather the regular lovey-dovey kind(Not that it even matters these days).

So... If you in anyway think the marriage between an 18 Year old girl and a 54 year old man is OK, then ask yourself; How How will they converse? What would they converse about? What exactly is in it for her?? She'll only hear a bell ring notifying her it's 'shag day'. That's the only thing she'd be good for. And even if she gave her consent, how does/can a teenager handle married life.?


Now, As long as i have a brain, i will always be opinionated. If you manage to convince me that a 54 year old man marrying an 18 year old girl is right in all ramification, then i'll be cool and you'll be boss.

kishimi8:

Better go find husband you are here talking, Olympus has already fallen, and you still get mouth https://www.nairaland.com/avatars/xwr3glv3six4d9rgdjria50xudfv0rkn1501723

OCHOdee:


Haba! You just read my mind ooo... why must a 50+ man marry an 18yr old. seems to me as if he only waited for her to clock 18 before marrying her

generaldagash:




just one state in north guy in everything in life there are odds.. secondly he never said south. he said "There are parts of this country where parents expect their daughters to live with their boyfriends for years and actually get pregnant before they marry"....

989900:


Well said, then factor-in when she hits her sexual prime (34-44), how much can an 80 year old Sanusi give then?

I guess they have an arrangement for that . . .

Sanusi:

The young lady in question gave her free consent and even after the contract the wedding will not happen for a few years. By then she may be 21. If she freely consents to this I do not know on what moral grounds anyone has a grouse. She is an adult, she gave her consent, and her education is not being in anyway interrupted.
The real issue is that people do not accept cultural difference. And you can see it in the approach to these issues. I am supposed to be urbane and western educated. Yes but I am not European. I am a northern Nigerian Fulani Muslim brought up in a setting exactly like the one my children are being brought up in.
If you read this and it improves your understanding of this issue that is fine. If it does not just remember it is not your life, it is not your daughter and you are not my wife therefore it is not your business.

I obviously cannot stoop to the level of responding publicly to these kinds of articles. I have always been an advocate of girls marrying after maturing. I personally like the minimum age of 18 even though I understand those who say 16 is fine and indeed this is the law in most so called advanced countries.

Is this something that I expect a European or western trained or feminist mind to appreciate or endorse? Not at all. But has any American been bothered about my views on men marrying men or women marrying women who frankly I find primitive and bestial? No and my views do not matter. These are cultural issues.

Even in Nigeria I have heard all this stuff as in Pius article about “north” and northerners. Again it is a failure to respect difference. There are parts of this country where parents expect their daughters to live with their boyfriends for years and actually get pregnant before they marry. It has become culture. We do not have that in the north and if your daughter gets pregnant before marriage she brings nothing but shame to the name. But we do not issue condemnations. We agree that this is how they choose to live. And I can give many other examples.

A lot of Under-Grad girls are under 18 and their sexual experience with multiple men is beyond that of a GrandMa in most cases.
Some of them have had serial abortion to-boot!
Some of the ladies ranting here, regularly "CLIMB ARISTOS" that are older than Sanusi, for money!
So, whats with these HYPOCRISY?

What are the "criteria for marriage" that Sanusi is expected to adhere to?
Who sets those criterion?
What does Nigerian constitution , or that of the UN Charter, say about Marriage-Age?

Where exactly has Sanusi breached ANY of this criterion/Laws?
Show me and l will take it up with you.

Constitutionally, at 18, the lady is an adult, with universal suffrage and can aspire to ANYTHING, like ANYONE, in life.

Even in Europe and America, at 18yrs, you are responsible to yourself! Jailable for LIFE, if you commit murder!

So, whats the fuse about?

I know that this campaign of calumny, is from a certain part of the country whose stock-in-trade is HATRED for other tribes.

Jealousy is also a major factor in all these, especially from most indolent and jobless young people.
But it is not Sanusi's problem that your own parents are not of Royal lineage or put you in "pole-position" to pick and chose!

The best you can do is to work hard and put your own children at such advantage, if you will take time to spend your own time wisely rather than fuming HATE, FRUSTRATION AND ANGER on Sanusi!

seguntijan:
This Sanusi and his 18 year old bride ...before one talks about its
rightness or wrongness, a lot of questions have to be answered.
Questions like:
1) Is it legal, moral?
2) Is she mature?
3) Was she forced to marry him?
4) Were you sexually active at 18?
5)Can she vote?
6) Can an 18year old be in love?
7) Can an 18year old handle marriage? Does Omotola who married at 18 have 2
heads?
9) Why are you angry?
10) Do you know Kylie Jenner?
11) Do you know Kylie Jenner is 18, has been dating since 17, is a $ multimillionaire and has her own house?
12) Do you know Jeff who just won Project Fame is 18?
13) Do you know that tech &
other factors has ensured kids get mature/wiser earlier?
14) Do you know ManU's Martial is married and has a child? He is 19.
How old was he when he got married? How old do you think his wife is?
15) Do you know an 18 year old could be more exposed, intelligent, experienced, and a BETTER spouse than some 30
year olds? Before you attack Sanusi or scream # ChildNotBride
, please ask yourself these15 questions and answer them with the
fear of God. Thank you

They are not interested in FACTS.... its just their HATE-FILLED MIND that is playing tricks on their SAW-DUST FILLED brain, if they have one!

TonyeBarcanista:
Honestly, the lady is 18 already. Left for me, this will only be an issue if she didn't consent to it. This is different from the case of Oga Yerima

msbbash:
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them they make noise only because
1.,its in line with Islamic law
2. it an house man who dd
Bt is it not better than all this useless girls on our campuses today , olosho every corner of lagos ?
make una go but Brian.
Bt if to say na 18 yrs girl dey do olosho , that one good ..........

mine42:


Funny!!!!
Let factor the age bracket.
So, is it right to marry someone u cld give birth to?
For God sake, that young girl cld be his daughter. Haba.
He for marry the girl to any of his young boys now.
There is God o.

Nasman:
Nice one my emir. Congratulations on your wedding. As for the wailers no amount of your wailing can make us change our noble cultural values. It better to get marry at 16yrs than to be a prostitute at the same age. Our noble cultural value is not influence by European like yours. Whether you like or not, we will continue upholding our culture anywhere anytime. Don't you think your hatred towards (Fulani/Hausa/Northerners/Muslim) has any influence on our day-to-day activities? We don't give a damn about what you think of us. And it will remain so till the end of time. We have more than centuries long of tradition. Unlike most of u, that your culture started with the coming of Europeans to our shores. The Hypocrisy of southern Nigerians is just funny. Your pathetic #ChildnotBride hasn't yield any positive result, if I were u. I will stop. It like asking the Vatican to be adopt atheism as their official religion. Stop trying to change what can't be change.

lastpage:


Let us be honest with ourselves and stop being silly and bigoted.

A lot of Under-Grad girls are under 18 and their sexual experience with multiple men is beyond that of a GrandMa in most cases.
Some of them have had serial abortion to-boot!
Some of the ladies ranting here, regularly "CLIMB ARISTOS" that are older than Sanusi, for money!
So, whats with these HYPOCRISY?

What are the "criteria for marriage" that Sanusi is expected to adhere to?
Who sets those criterion?
What does Nigerian constitution , or that of the UN Charter, say about Marriage-Age?

Where exactly has Sanusi breached ANY of this criterion/Laws?
Show me and l will take it up with you.

Constitutionally, at 18, the lady is an adult, with universal suffrage and can aspire to ANYTHING, like ANYONE, in life.

Even in Europe and America, at 18yrs, you are responsible to yourself! Jailable for LIFE, if you commit murder!

So, whats the fuse about?

I know that this campaign of calumny, is from a certain part of the country whose stock-in-trade is HATRED for other tribes.
I am a South Western, Christian and as l far as l know, Sanusi has not done ANYTHING against the law (Secular or Spiritual, Christian or Islamic) to justify these attacks.

On the issue of age, the fact is that: as long as both parties are of adult/marriageable age, the age difference between them is INCONSEQUENTIAL

In America, you see a Grandma of 70yrs marrying a 21yr old lad and you are like WTFK! .....but it does not make it bad or unlawful.
When it comes to "two mature adults", LOVE TRANSCENDS AGE DIFFERENCE.
I guess we all know the age difference between someone like George Clooney.. and his wife?
I dont even want to go the way of the warped, perverted, twisted and mentally-deranged Lesbians and Homosexuals, that seems acceptable to you clowns!


Jealousy is also a major factor in all these, especially from most indolent and jobless young people.
But it is not Sanusi's problem that your own parents are not of Royal lineage or put you in "pole-position" to pick and chose!

The best you can do is to work hard and put your own children at such advantage, if you will take time to spend your own time wisely rather than fuming HATE, FRUSTRATION AND ANGER on Sanusi!


Lastpage!

mine42:


Funny!!!!
Let factor the age bracket.
So, is it right to marry someone u cld give birth to?
For God sake, that young girl cld be his daughter. Haba.
He for marry the girl to any of his young boys now.
There is God o.

buggaboo:
Well, it's really simple.

If you support him and you don't mind the same for your daughter, fine.

If you support him but don't want the same for your daughter, then you are a slowpoke.

buggaboo:
Well, it's really simple.

If you support him and you don't mind the same for your daughter, fine.

If you support him but don't want the same for your daughter, then you are a slowpoke.

arabianights:



That is not even it, its how he put it clearly!!! her job is to give birth to princes. The educated illiterate.I dont blame him! how can he value a sit he got via dirty politics?

mscheeeew ode oshi

Ameerfpi:
This is d civilization we found ourselves, committing adultery b4 18yrs is normal while marriage at the age of 18 is abnormal. God have mercy on our generation.

48noble:

Did u see what I am saw? Buy ursef a brain!

zoelife:


PHD holder at 18? In dis Nigeria?
Kikikikiki!

And she'll be heading for the UK for studies AFTER marriage?

Accept it Bro! You keep being scammed.

Lol

DollyParton1:


Lamido is old enough to father that young girl.
Was capt Ekeinde Old enough to father Omotola Jalade when he married her?
Have u ever read her story? Did u not come across the part where she said her mother objected to the marriage cos she considered it early. Thats is the difference, Omotola wanted it for herself, she went for it.

But in the case of this young girl, it is not like that. Am sure the consent they said the young girl granted to the marriage request was because she knew she can't really say no. We all know that a female child has no say in that part of the country.
Plus was Captain Ekeinde married to four wives and with gazillions of kids before marrying Omotola?

You can try to justify Emir's action with religion and culture, its fine. But its a mistake to compare it with Omotola's early marriage.

arabianights:


TONYE,SERIOUSLY AM PISSED THIS EVENING AT THIS MAN'S RESPONSE.IF AFTER THIS RESPONSE PEOPLE STILL RESPECT HIM THEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE.

When the news on his marriage was posted her ,all those that analyzed the marriage were dealt with by his agents or who ever but here it is in clear terms.....with out mincing words, he has stated why the marriage was sealed nothing on love and of course the lady must give her consent she dares not say no this is a tradition on going for years.

Just go through that part he dared to state that shes from a royal home so is her mom so she will give birth to princes etc....... imagine!!! is that her job ?? is that her value

Royalty isnt like before so he should not flatter his dying image and ego,No one gives a damn.His post caries no weight like other royalties eg uk,saudi arabia, morocco etc


rubbish! PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL

laudate:


Guy, take am easy and stop repeating Sanusi's words like a parrot. He has 3 wives already, with a large number of sons and daughters. Why does he need a 4th one? Am not convinced about all that story he has concocted up here. He does not have to marry the girl to establish links or friendship with Adamawa kingdom. His unmarried, single sons can grow up to do that on his behalf.

Look at him still talking about marrying a princess who will give birth to princes, at his age which is over 50!

All the pikin wey im get, never reach??! Chai!!