- Man Offers Wife ₦2m for Consent to Second Marriage, Seeks Police Advice in Kano
- The man’s inquiry has stirred public interest and debate on the intersection of culture, marriage, and legality
- Details of what response the police provided were not disclosed
The Kano State Police Command has disclosed an unusual case involving a man who approached the police headquarters to seek advice on whether it was lawful to offer his wife ₦2 million to approve his decision to take a second wife.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, revealed the incident in a Facebook post on Saturday, noting that the man’s inquiry has stirred public interest and debate on the intersection of culture, marriage, and legality.
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According to Kiyawa, the man visited the police headquarters in Bompai, Kano, complaining that his wife had refused to give her consent for him to marry another woman.
“A man has come to Bompai (Police headquarters) saying his wife refused to allow him to marry a second wife. He is inquiring whether it is legal to offer her ₦2 million to consent to the marriage,” Kiyawa wrote. “He was asking if it is against the law or not.”
Details of what response the police provided were not disclosed, as the post did not indicate whether any formal advice or action was taken regarding the man’s unusual request.
The case has since drawn wide reactions online, with many Nigerians debating the ethical, cultural, and legal implications of the man’s proposal.
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