Four prominent Nigerian men who married younger women

Age, as the popular axiom says, is nothing but a number. And when it comes to love, it is surely not a boundary. This is why many men have married much younger women. Some of them married younger women later in their lives. One politician even married a woman 40 years his junior.

Here are the older prominent Nigerian men who married much younger women

Sen. Ahmed Rufai Sani Yerima

Yerima, a former governor of  Zamfara State who was born on 22 July 1960 married an Eyptian girl rumoured to be 13 years old sometime in 2010 but he denied that she was not that age. He refused to give her age in an interview with Daily Trust newspaper, saying it was an invasion of her privacy.

Prince Ned Munir Nwoko

Ned Nwoko married Regina Daniels on May 26, 2019 when he was 59 and she was 19.

He is a lawyer, politician and businessman. Ned was born in December 21, 1960.

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

The late military officer and politician married Bianca Odinaka Olivia Onoh in November 12, 1994 when he was in his mid-50s and she was 22.

Odumegwu-Ojukwu was born on 4 November 1933 while Bianca was born on 5 August 1968.

She won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant in 1988 and Miss Intercontinental in 1989, the same year she started dating Ojukwu.