Popular content creator Jarvis has stirred reactions on social media after questioning whether the legal punishment for bigamy under Nigeria’s Marriage Act applies to both spouses or only one partner. Her comments came just a day after a video from her court wedding to fellow TikToker Peller resurfaced online, showing……
Popular content creator Jarvis has stirred reactions on social media after questioning whether the legal punishment for bigamy under Nigeria’s Marriage Act applies to both spouses or only one partner.
Her comments came just a day after a video from her court wedding to fellow TikToker Peller resurfaced online, showing a marriage registrar warning the couple about the legal consequences of violating their marriage vows.
During the ceremony, the registrar informed the couple that anyone who contracts another marriage while still legally married commits the offence of bigamy, which attracts “a minimum of 5 years imprisonment with no option of fine.”
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Reacting in a now-trending video, Jarvis said she decided to revisit the registrar’s warning after watching the wedding clip again.
She said, “The five days imprisonment something, I just saw the video again, asides the joke, I had to think about it again, that 5 years imprisonment, is it for the men only? or is it for the two of us? because for my babe to react maybe it’s for the men only. Or maybe it’s not for the two of us. Nothing will happen in Jesus name o.”
Jarvis’ remarks followed Peller’s humorous reaction during the wedding ceremony, when he interrupted the registrar after hearing about the prison sentence.
Surprised by the warning, Peller had asked, “Wait, wait… I get question. For marriage?”
After the registrar repeated that the offence carries a minimum of five years’ imprisonment, the TikToker jokingly responded, “For marriage? We will not break it, but ah, I don’t know how prison enter this love… We are good.”
