{"id":753615,"date":"2019-11-28T02:05:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/17-year-old-boy-marries-16-year-old-girlfriend-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2019-11-28T02:05:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:05:28","slug":"17-year-old-boy-marries-16-year-old-girlfriend-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/17-year-old-boy-marries-16-year-old-girlfriend-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"17-Year-old Boy Marries 16-Year-Old Girlfriend In Nigeria \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_17_5ddf2b678074a\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ghbase-3-by250mobile --><\/p>\n<p>Wonders shall never end indeed. A boy of 17 years under normal circumstances should be in Junior or Senior High School. 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