Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, has vowed to mobilise Nigerians against the Senate over their resolution to legalise underage marriages.
In a statement, Pastor Oritsejafor, blasted the senate saying he would personally lead the protest against the law “capable of harming children below the age of 18.”
His words:
“By the grace of God, I will, personally mobilise Nigerians and lead the street protest against this oppressive and dehumanising
resolution.
“If now Yerima is commenting on a case in which he has interest, it can only mean the action of a man frenziedly trying to get himself out of the hook through some undeserved legislations.
“I urge the Yerimas in the Senate to toe the path of the Holy Qur’an, which states that one who kills a person unjustly in effect has killed everyone and one who saves another has saved everyone. They should save these girls and Nigerians the agony of having their children married off at ages below 18 by unfavourable legislations.
“I appeal to those individuals who have been educated along this
line in the Senate not to use their rights as lawmakers to harm children below the age of 18, but to choose the interest of these children above their own.
The senate had recently voted in support of the amendment of Section 29 of the 1999 Constitution which they approved that
married underage girls should be regarded as adults, a resolution that has angered many Nigerians across the country.
