{"id":203340,"date":"2022-07-14T04:18:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T03:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=203340"},"modified":"2022-07-14T04:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T03:18:05","slug":"50-year-old-benue-farmer-marries-12-year-old-as-third-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/14\/50-year-old-benue-farmer-marries-12-year-old-as-third-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"50-year-old Benue farmer marries 12-year-old as third wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old girl has been rescued after she was reportedly deceived into marriage to a 50-year-old farmer as his third wife in Benue State.<\/p>\n<p>The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Makurdi Zonal Commander, Gloria Bai, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the victim was married off by her family.<\/p>\n<p>The girl thought she was being taken to town to further her education, but on reaching the man\u2019s house, she discovered she was to be his third wife.<\/p>\n<p>Bai explained that preliminary investigations revealed that she was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/23\/yes-i-killed-my-husband-teenager-tells-yola-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forced marriage<\/a> for about three months, as the farmer abused her.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-203342 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/kunlenet07\/2022\/07\/14\/12-year-married-off-to-50-year-old-farmer-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/kunlenet07\/2022\/07\/14\/12-year-married-off-to-50-year-old-farmer-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/kunlenet07\/2022\/07\/14\/12-year-married-off-to-50-year-old-farmer--127x300.jpg 127w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/kunlenet07\/2022\/07\/14\/12-year-married-off-to-50-year-old-farmer--433x1024.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/kunlenet07\/2022\/07\/14\/12-year-married-off-to-50-year-old-farmer--768x1814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/kunlenet07\/2022\/07\/14\/12-year-married-off-to-50-year-old-farmer--650x1536.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She added that the girl was rescued and put into protective custody, adding that the agency was making efforts to arrest the farmer, who was at large.<\/p>\n<p>Bai said, \u201cWe got this report from a concerned citizen and contrary to media reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/05\/tragedy-as-man-commits-suicide-in-naptip-detention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAPTIP<\/a> was slow and unenthusiastic, we swiftly went into action to search for the address where the girl was and when we got the address, we planned to go first thing in the morning so that we could get both the man and the victim and by 6am, we were there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the rain came and we were able to rescue the girl, but the man had gone out. 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