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Nigerian Islamic leader ordered to divorce 82 wives - but is allowed to keep four

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01-Sep-2008
        
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Happily married: Mohammadu Bello Abubakar also has 170 children A Nigerian religious leader has been ordered to divorce 82 wives – but Islamic authorities have allowed him to keep four. Mohammadu Bello Abubakar, 84, has agreed to comply with the decree after a Sharia court agreed to lift a death sentence against him. The father of an astonishing 170 children had challenged Islamic scholars, saying there was no... [read full story]                    

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Published on September 1st, 2008 A Nigerian religious leader with 86 wives has accepted an Islamic decree ordering him to divorce all but four of them, local authorities say. A spokesman for the emir of Bida told the BBC...