Senator Yerima divorces 17year old Egyptian wife, marriesanother 15yr old

Three years after marrying a 14 year old
Egyptian girl named Marian, which was widely protested in Nigeria, former Zamfara state governor and serving senator of the federal republic of Nigeria, Sen. Ahmed Yerima, has reportedly divorced her to marry a new wife. According to reports, Sen.Yerima and four men, said to be members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly were in Egypt a few weeks ago for the wedding fathia of a new bride said to be 15 years old.


Marian who is now 17 and a mother of one, is believed to be the daughter of the former
governor's driver whenever he visits Egypt. The reason he divorced her is to enable him take a new wife as he's not allowed more than four wives.

The Senator is alleged to have married and divorced a few women in the last few years
but has never changed his first three wives,
only the fourth ones.

Sen. Ahmed Yerima this year was strongly
against the deletion of the section of the 1999 constitution which pegged the official marriage age in Nigeria as 18 year, saying it was anti-Islam.