After he was summoned to a stakeholders’ meeting at Adegbemile Cultural Central Hall in Akure and told to explain why his support for that provision of the constitution, Akinyelure begged for forgiveness, saying he actually opposed the idea but merely committed a human error that anyone could have.
While responding, Akinyelure wore a sombre, penitent look; and then went on to prostrate for forgiveness.
“It was a mistake that I pressed NO, because my intention was to pres YES during the voting,” he said. “Nobody is above human error. What happened has made me to become wiser, because nobody is perfect except God. I will like to make the following clarification on the subject matter to correct the wrong allegations of voting in favour of underage marriage as widely reported in the national dailies.”
However, he explained that the real subject for deliberation was not precisely the right marriage age for a child rather age of a female willing to renounce Nigerian citizenship.
“Before this issue occurred, what the Senate considered for determination under the review of the Nigerian Constitution was renunciation of citizenship under the Constitution as contained in section 29 (4b) which provides that ‘any woman who married shall be deemed to be a full age.’ it is worthy of note that full age has been defined under section 29 (4a) to mean the age of 18 years and above.,” he said.
Source: Huhu Online
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