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Another child bride

By Guardian Exclusive
13 December 2018   |   9:51 am
A 70-year-old man named Yakubu Chanji has married a 15-year-old girl in Lapai, Niger in Nigeria. Chanji, also known as Nafsi-Nafsi in Minna city, earned the sobriquet “Chanji” for his frequent divorces and replacement of wives.

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