A 60-year-old man, Aminu Danmaliki, has denied claims that he married an 11-year-old girl in Kano State.
The wedding of Danmaliki and the girl had gone viral on social media, eliciting reactions from Nigerians.
Many had said the girl was forced to marry the 60-year-old man.
However, Danmaliki, in a post on his Facebook account on Wednesday, said his wife is 21 years old and not 11 years.
The man added that his wife was not forced to marry him, stressing that he loves his wife.
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He stated: “My recent marriage Sakina has generated a lot of tension and unfounded allegations that I married an underage girl some suggesting she is 11 years old and that she was forced to marry me. That is untrue.
“The Wedding Video went viral. We decided to keep mute but was advised to state the true facts, here it is: My beloved wife is 21 years old she made her own choice of me as her husband and I loved her too.
“I hope the blackmailers and doubting Thomas’s will see the reality in this picture and leave us alone to enjoy our honeymoon.”
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