Veteran Nollywood actress, Shan George has reacted to the marriage between a 70-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl in Niger State, stating that she detests any religion or tradition that supports child marriage. She explained that that child marriage subjects the child to ‘eternal emotional, psychological and physical torture’, added that the stone age practice should be stopped.
Her post on the Gram read
“My heart can't stop bleeding since i saw this wedding pix yesterday, I Detest any Man, Woman, Religion, Govt, Tradition or Anything under the Earth that would put a child like this under this kind of Eternal Emotional, Psychological and Physical Torture in d name of Marriage. If this used to be ok during the Stone Age for whatever reason, Now is the time to stop this HORROR. Poor child, I can't deal, I'm traumatized."
Her post is coming days after several news outlets reported that the man identified as Yakubu Chanji, tied the knot with a teenager at a wedding that took place on Monday in Lapai, Niger State, with family and friends in attendance.
Mr Chanji, also known as Nafsi-Nafsi in Minna city, earned the sobriquet “Chanji” for his frequent divorces and replacement of wives.
