There is an insight into why a 54-year-old-man, on Tuesday December 26, 2023, wedded a 4-year-old girl in Bayelsa State.
It was gathered that the marriage between the four-year-old ‘bride’ and the 54-year-old man, simply identified as Elder Akpos, was at the instance of the girl’s parents.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a source who does not wish to be named for fear of penalty for desecrating traditions, the parents of the girl claim that the 54-year-old man was her husband in their previous life.
According to community sources, the girl claimed that the man was her husband who died mysteriously in their previous life.
The toddler narrated that over the years, she has been moving from place to place, to be given birth to by different parents, searching for her former husband.
The source said: ”The little bride said if she was not allowed to marry her husband, she would have no other business in Akeddei community, and that she was going to die peacefully and go her way.
“In order to avoid losing the girl to death, the people of Akeddei decided to organise a glamorous wedding ceremony to mark the union of the two previous life lovers.”
