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16 Year Old Nigerian Girl Forced To Marry 56 Year Old Rich Man In Ozubulu Anambra (Photos)
16 Year Old Nigerian Girl Forced To Marry 56 Year Old Rich Man Battling Dementia In Ozubulu Anambra (Photos)
Residents of Ozubulu in Anambra, eastern part of the country are currently in shock after a wealthy family forced a 16-year-old girl from a poor family to marry their son, a Dementia patient identified as Izuchukwu Igwillo.
The groom who is also a drunkard hails from the Igwillo’s, a very wealthy royal family in Anambra state.
The traditional wedding ceremony which held this past weekend has got people talking with many wondering why the family of the girl allowed her to marry a man who is 40 year older than her.
Here is what a resident of Ozubulu (Ikeh Chibuzor) who witnessed the bizarre wedding ceremony wrote on Facebook.
See photos and video from the bizarre wedding ceremony below
iron bar
January 30, 2019 at 12:57 AM
child abuse..authorities should wade in..shame on their parents and to those behind the sham marriage knowing fully well the kid cant consent.
Danti
January 31, 2019 at 12:49 AM
Iron bar, what is up! You want to punish An Ibo person for this while the entire Northern Nigeria do the same everyday.
Mon
January 30, 2019 at 5:12 AM
A different story if the man in question is normal, and poverty on its own is a big disease..
Jojo
January 30, 2019 at 8:00 AM
This is pure wickedness , the man in question was even wondering what was going on around him because he is not normal. God punish all those involved in this.
Fifelomo
January 30, 2019 at 9:32 AM
Its a pity, poverty is a big bastard! This underage life has just bn ruined.
NIYI
January 30, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Seeing this alone without reading the story, i was weeping within me, what is Africa turning to for crying out loud, thanks to Chibuzor ikeh, the whole village most especially her in-laws will definitely turn this little girl to their sex slave. Pls share till it get to the appropriate authority to penalise both parent and all those involve in this child’s abuse and child marriage.
uzoma
January 30, 2019 at 3:06 PM
Highest order of wickedness. May God punish the parents of both the bride and the groom for this sham. The girl should be in school. Poverty or no poverty, this girl’s parents should not have consented to this nonsense.
NIYI
January 30, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Smiling to her grave, God pls send an helper.
Gertrude
January 30, 2019 at 4:57 PM
This is harrant nonsense……..money can’t buy happiness biko
J. B. Hunter
January 30, 2019 at 5:36 PM
So why was he holding the girl tight as if she would run away from him?
This is not marriage but mirage.
I take a stroll…
Amanda
January 30, 2019 at 5:42 PM
I am just wondering why you guys didnt blame it on christian religion?. If this happens in northern nigeria, you could care less whether those involved are not muslims. You quickly put the blame on islam and islamic prophet.
Hypocrisy stinks, i swear
uzoma
January 30, 2019 at 7:39 PM
@Amanda your point is noted but there is a difference. No Christian Reverend Father or Pastor will agree to wed this two. The age of consent for girls is 18 in Nigeria (if I am not mistaking) for Christians. This girl is only 16 years of age and that is why people are frowning at it. If it were to be Islam nobody would say a word because it is the norm. That is why in Islamic religion you see a girl of 9 years betrothed to a 60 year old man with 3 wives or more. Correct me if I am wrong but please no insult.
Rosy
January 30, 2019 at 6:09 PM
There is nothing like abuse in this case, the girl is happy. I believe she’s in support of the marriage.
DB
January 30, 2019 at 7:52 PM
The man cant wait to devour that girl with the way he is holding her. Looks like an Igbo version of beauty and the beast. This crap should be disallowed in all its entirety. Something is not adding up
Doria Uwa
January 31, 2019 at 1:55 AM
Money answers all things, but the love of money is the root of all evil. I work with people with Developmental disabilities, they are most times better than the people with all abilities. There is no crime committed here. I will do it for my family member if need be. would you have preferred her to be married to the likes of Evans the Kidnapper etc.??
The only worry I have here is, the normal people around this couple should not end up raping the girl in the name of helping their brother to procreate. I can belt anything that this girl will be raped. This is very common in this part of the country.