Tinubu’s minister makes u-turn on suit challenging 100 orphan-marriage in Niger

  • Barrister Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye has again maintained that the planned marriage of the 100 orphaned girls in Niger state remains suspended
  • The Minister for Women Affairs disclosed this on Friday and noted that the court case challenging the marriage has not been withdrawn
  • This is contrary to earlier reports insinuating that the minister withdrew the suit filed against Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, the speaker of the Niger Assembly, who was to sponsor the planned marriage

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Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, the Minister for Women Affairs, has insisted that the court case challenging the commencement of the planned mass marriage of 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, has not been withdrawn.