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Girl Fights Father For Delaying Her Marriage

Khadija Ibrahim, a 23-year-old lady is very bitter with her father. She has now dragged the father, Mr. Ibrahim Bassa before an upper area court in Karu, Abuja, for not allowing her to marry the man she loves.

She recounts:  “My father has refused to grant my request for marriage and he has also not given me a satisfactory explanation for his decision. The man I want to marry has made several attempts to meet with my father to discuss the wedding plans, but he always avoided him.”

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“Any day my suitor is meant to come, my father will leave the house for an unknown place and this habit is delaying our marriage plans. The only reason he gave me was that the man I want to marry is not Fulani, which is not satisfactory to me because that is the only man I love.”

“I want the court to compel him to give a satisfactory reason why I cannot marry the man I love.”

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Reacting to her daughter’s pleas, Mr. Bassa responded: “It is true that I have not granted the man any audience. I have always avoided him because I am against his choice as a suitor. I have warned my daughter that marriage is not a child’s play. How can she get married to a man whose root and origin are not known to us?”

“If you are getting married in the Fulani tribe, the man or woman’s immediate and extended families must be known to everyone. My Lord, she is too young to make a choice of marriage and even to marry an outsider. But she has remained adamant and even brought me to court.”