Why I’m Arranging My 18-Year-Old Daughter’s Marriage to My Former Lover

A mother in her early 40s grew up in Enugu but now lives abroad with her husband and their 18-year-old daughter. She once had a long-term situationship with a man who is now 61. She wants him to marry her daughter, believing his wealth and experience will secure her future. Under the law the daughter is an adult, she says, so this arrangement is in her best interest. Critics accuse her of selling her child, but she insists she’s helping, not harming. She plans to explain the plan to her daughter soon and trusts she will agree once she sees the benefits.

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