Comments on: Nigerian Man Has 86 Wives

By: Lars

Lars — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:19:26 +0000

86 mother-in-laws? Poor guy!

By: fly

fly — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:42:58 +0000

I thought my grandfather broke the records in West Africa when he claimed he had 30 legal wives...86!!!! I seriously hope no one is gonna try to follow this crazy mans footsteps...

I am not even a Muslim but I know the rule says u have to be able to take care of your wife(s)( read the full story on BBC)..

Of course he is tired.. he is thinking of who to marry next( Miss 87) and trying to run away from the drama at home.

If i were him, I would run and leave everything behind..but I guess not!

By: HW

HW — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:18:37 +0000

Yeah and he's not happy either

By: jIM

jIM — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:36:46 +0000

I saw his pic in the dictionary of common sayings under "glutton for punishment."

By: RM

RM — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:52:39 +0000

I thought the same, MJ. Not in that words of course

By: hoop

hoop — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:42:03 +0000

He doesn't look very happy.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:49:24 +0000

86 wives and 170 kids... something tells me (as my grandad would put it!) that his fence has a lot of holes in it...

Classy guy, my grandad.

By: ted

ted — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:23:19 +0000

Where does he get his money? Are you serious? The dude probably has hundreds, maybe thousands of supporters who think he's a prophet. Superstition rocks!

By: Persephone

Persephone — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:05:50 +0000

He sounds more like those FLDS and other old school Mormons than Muslim. The whole idea that he is a prophet, that God is the one ordering the marriages, and that he has special powers, gifts and permissions from God sounds just like those polygamous Mormon cults.

I would really like to know where he's getting his money from.

By: Idil

Idil — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:47:12 +0000

Ezanee, that rule does not apply to a lot of muslims, at least not the ones who are secular.
Just wanted to make that clear

& jeeze, I think this guy has a psychological problem :/

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:04:25 +0000

"I said I couldn't marry an older man, but he said it was directly an order from God," she says.

Is that the new pick-up line for polygamists?

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:05:44 +0000

170 kids!?! Whew!

By: Christophe

Christophe — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:40:53 +0000

He looks tired

By: Ezanee

Ezanee — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:57:35 +0000

Whoa! First, let me say, that is a lot of wives!

However, slight caveat here; I am not entirely sure how Islamic the guy is by having this many wives. In Islam, polygamy is allowed (provided of course, that you are able to provide for all the needs of all your wives AND you have the consent of your wife(wives?) whom you are already married to). The thing is, the limit is up to four wives, and as far as I know, there are no exceptions to that rule.

I am just saying this in the hopes that no one will misconstrue this case as something widely accepted or allowed in Islam.

Having said that, polygamy is definitely something very FEW men can pull off. The responsibility of a husband to one wife is already quite big.