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A 15-year-old girl could end up as a third wife unless the marriage ceremony scheduled for this Saturday is stopped.
Her parents are forcing her to marry a man said to be in his late forties.
Though the religion of the girl’s family permits such an arranged marriage, she says she is not interested and is pleading with the appropriate authorities not to allow the ceremony to take place.
The girl’s plea may just have been heard. Officials of the Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit are this afternoon stormed the the residence of the little girl to rescue her after Joy News reported the issue to them.
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