Nigeria, Nov. 30 -- An illegal marriage between a teenage girl, Precious Oyiga, aged 15, and a 33-year-old man in Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Sopuluchukwu Odoh, has been nullified by the Enugu State Government.

The State Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ngozi Enih, announced the nullification of the marriage after disturbing images and reports of the incident went viral on social media.

The News Chronicle correspondent gathered that the Ministry had earlier invited all parties involved for questioning to understand why an underage girl was married off despite the grave dangers of early marriage. These include the lifelong psychological trauma, vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF), cer...