Medical Doctor Pays GH¢22,700 As Bride Price And GH¢900 To Collect List: "My Daughter Is A Graduate"
- A lady said her cousin was made to pay GH¢900 to collect a list when he went to get married in Imo state
- The lady said the family insisted that their daughter is educated, which makes her more valuable than others
- The man, who is said to be a trained surgeon, was also asked to pay GH¢22,700 as the bride price for his wife
A Nigerian man paid GH¢900 to collect the list of requirements needed by his in-laws when he went to get married.
A lady who says the man is her cousin made a post on Twitter and said the man's wife is from Imo state.
According to the lady named @ChokolateGravy, the man was asked to pay the bride price of N1.5 million.
Imo family demands GH¢22,700 as bride price
The lady noted that his cousin is a trained surgeon, but that was not considered.
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She wrote:
"Today, My cousin paid 1.5 million as bride price and 60k to collect the list plus the things on the list. Girl’s family said it's N1.5 million because she’s a “graduate." My cousin is a Medical Doctor/ Surgeon, but oh well! It doesn’t matter to them."
The bride price charged by the family got many people talking in the comment section.
See the tweet below:
Reactions as man is asked to pay N1.5 million as bride price
@Baba_Shawn_II said:
"He married an imo babe ba?"
@Austeiin said:
"Let me guess, she's from Imo state."
@ovieDgenius commented:
"In this economy where are you guys seeing 1.5 million?"
@mr_efreedom said:
"Is the girls father alive? Is the girls brothers alive? Is the girl alive? And they allowed it? This is not good for the girl long term. He’s going to remind her later that he ‘bought’ her and paid in full."
@ladyUjuu_ asked:
"And the girl stood there, watched her people collect such amount from her husband-to-be?"
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Source: Legit.ng
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