16/05/2012

100 Nigerians Marry In Mass Wedding

One hundred couples said I do at a mass wedding at the main mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on yesterday.

The event, part of an Islamic police programme aimed at promoting stable families, saw muslims gather outside the central mosque in Kano for the wedding of divorcees and widows.


The sharia police found the women available suitors.

"I'm very happy today. May God reward all those involved in this project," 40-year-old bride Magajiya Ya'u told AFP.

"I'm in high spirits today because I have married the woman of my choice virtually at no cost because the government has shouldered the cost," said 55-year-old Sule Alaramma told the news agency.

(GK)

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