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VIDEO: 90-year-old Emir of Daura takes 20-year-old bride

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Rayyan Alhassan
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Rayyan Alhassan is a graduate of Journalism and Mass Communication at Sikkim Manipal University, Ghana. He is the acting Managing Editor at the Daily Nigerian newspaper, a position he has held for the past 3 years. He can be reached via rayyanalhassan@dailynigerian.com, or www.facebook.com/RayyanAlhassan, or @Rayyan88 on Twitter.
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The Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Faruk, has married a 20-year-old bride, Aisha Iro Maikano, on Saturday.

Born in 1921, the nonagenarian manther tied the knot in a low key marriage ceremony in Katsina with the nubile young lady after a brief courtship.

DAILY NIGERIAN gathered that the monarch paid N1million naira dowry to the bride, who is the daughter of Fagacin Katsina, Iro Maikano.

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Sources said the serial polygamist has married not less than four young wives in the last six years.

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In a short video sent to DAILY NIGERIAN, the jubilant bride was seen dancing to the tune of a traditional music.

Another short video shows how Magajin Garin Daura, Musa Umar, representing the emir at the Wedding Fatiha.

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The love-struck couple enjoying a bite from the wedding cake

Sources close to the royal family said the emir divorced all his three wives recently, to pick a new four set of wives. “The plan was that the emir wanted to marry at least three wives at one go,” said a family source.

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