A trending online video features the marriage of a 17-year-old girl and her 64-year-old husband.
The pair was shown exchanging vows in a traditional ceremony in the video, which @vera special posted on TikTok. The bride and groom were both dressed in identical white traditional clothes.
Social media users expressed concern over the girl’s emotional expressions throughout the event, questioning if she had been coerced into marriage.
The video was captioned, “Latest couple in town, 17 year old girl wed 64 years old man.”
Watch the video below:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM6JueX16/
Read some comments shown below:
dracoavo said, “Which kind thing be this, see as the girl dy squeeze face seff”.
carlbonds said, “He dey chop the girl for koro, now the girl don get belle, you must marry am for gbangba!”
sisiolojuede said, “Kini gbogbo rubbish yii ? The baby is even looking lost”.
pizzle_hair said, “But the bride isn’t happy 😂😂”.
ola_hazy said, “This is completely rubbish.A beautiful girl like this ahhh we’re we going”.
savage_taofikat said, “Oko iyawo werey why una no leave the girl to enjoy her life”.
miss_sanoh20 said, “Age is just a number 😂”.
jaypills.olinepharmacy said, “Stopeet.. it’s giving father and daughter that decided to wear same cloth for a function”,