The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria has faulted the position of Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye , on the proposed mass wedding of 100 orphans in Niger State .
Mrs Ohanenye instituted legal action and further petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokum against the move of Niger State Speaker Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji to sponsor the marriage of 100 girls who have lost their parents to banditry. The MULAN National President stressed that the constitution of the Federal of Nigeria is generous enough to allow every Nigerian to conduct marriage with whoever he or she is so wishes, so long such act did not violate any provision of the constitution.
“The Constitution did not prohibit anybody from getting marry or limit the right but rather given us the leverage to marry a choice suitor. Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, for conducting a failed plastic surgery resulting in the death of Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020.
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