Remember the news that went viral yesterday? about the 15 year old lady being married off to a mentally challenged man from a very wealthy family in Anambra State. Most Nigerians wanted to know why such a young girl would take a mentally challenged man as husband. According to LIB…
Activist, Prince Harrison Gwamnishu, who visited Anambra state after the story went viral, said the said girl is from Ihiala community and is actually 15 going on 16.
Harrison in an interview with LIB, said the girl is from a very poor family and that she had a child when she was in primary 5 and had to quit school. Her family couldn’t continue sponsoring her education and also taking care of her child so they decided that they were going to marry her off to Izuchukwu who came recently with his family members to ask for her hand in marriage. According to the family, they believe no one would come for the little girl’s hand in marriage since she has a child.
Harrison says the Igwilos really want Izuchukwu to get married and also have children of his own, hence they have accepted to have the girl come into their family with her own child. Izuchukwu’s brothers, who are said to be wealthy, have pledged to sponsor the girl’s child and any children she and their brother will have together.
The traditional wedding of Izuchukwu and the teen girl is slated for Easter this year and, according to Harrison, a lot of money running into millions of Naira has been budgeted for the ceremony.
So, that means… falling pregnant in primary school and having a child out of wedlock is the reason she has to be given out so she and her child can be taken care of by the rich family.
An angry Facebook user slammed the marriage on Social Media Yesterday. See her post below…
YESTERDAY’S FACEBOOK POST THAT WENT VIRAL
