Marriage is an important institution that can affects someone's life either positively or negatively if not done for the right reason. A few young women have openly stated that they can only marry for love but in the case of Zahra Buhari the daughter of Nigeria's president I doubt if she has a say concerning who to marry. The Governor of Zamfara state Abubakar Yari who is estimated to be at least 47 years followed the Buhari family to New York and has indicated interest in marrying the 21 year old UK trained damsel for political connection. I heard that Buhari readily rejected the proposal declaring that "Yari cannot marry Zahra" Instead of meditating on the response, Yari has gone ahead to accuse Buhari of being unreasonable. He believes that Buhari got her present wife pregnant at the age of 12 years and so does not have the moral justification to stop his marriage to a 21 year old woman. We all know that former governor of Borno state Al Modu Sheriff respected himself by sending his son to marry from Buhari's family instead of going to Buhari's house himself. Governor of Zamfara state is therefore urged to do the right thing in this 2016, if you do not have a son that you can use for that political marriage then sponsor an adopted son but bear in mind that Buhari's influence may not guarantee political success. Muslim fathers should allow their daughters to have a say regarding who to marry and to even marry decent Christians in order to promote unity in Nigeria.
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