Nigeria, Nov. 13 -- Senator Ned Nwoko has countered activist Omoyele Sowore's claim that he married Regina Daniels at 17, insisting the allegation is false and presenting her voter card as evidence.

However, the lawmaker's latest defence contradicts a statement he released on Monday, in which he said the actress, whom he claimed was born on 10 October 2000, married him at 19.

In the Monday statement, issued by his Communication and Technical Action Team and circulated via the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), and published by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Nwoko insisted that "the public witnessed her family giving her away in marriage".

It partly read: "For clarity, Regina Daniels was born on October 10, 2000. If she has been married for six years, th...