15 YEAR OLD GIRL SOLD FOR 3M NAIRA TO MARRY 70 YEAR OLD MAN

    

This is the kind of stories i come across that just leave me beyond words. I know this similar scenario happened in Nigeria as well when one of our senators married a young Egyptian girl. Why history keeps repeating it's self is just sad. For the parents that agreed to this union its just disgusting that parents use their children as tools to make money off. At this point i'll just share the story with you and just say I am very thankful for the parents God gave me:

A 70-year-old man and a 15-year old girl were married in Saudi Arabia after the girl’s parents reportedly sold her to the man for $20,000 (N3.1m). According to CNN, the marriage was made public after the man filed a complaint that his wife had been returned to her parents who are Yemeni and Saudi, and that he had been swindled. Authorities believe the young girl may have gotten into a physical altercation with her elderly husband, which prompted her return home.

The case has prompted members of the Human Rights Commission as well as other activist groups to further their push for setting a minimum age for betrothal in these countries. They have proposed that anyone under the age of 18 get legal consent to marry. This has been met with longstanding resistance from conservative religious groups.

 Drop your thoughts too i'd like to know if your half as scandalized as I am