86, 86 wives and concerned for his safety

In 2008, Masaba refused to divorce 82 wives.A Nigerian 86-year-old, married with 86 women reported news of his country he fears for his safety and his extended family.

Alhaji Abubakar Bello Masaba, resident in the town of Bida in the Centre of the country stated that, since he refused divorce 82 wives, at the request of local Islamic authorities received many threats.

For him, they increased last week, when he denounced that several members of his family had not been able to register to vote at the general election of April 9 as "thugs" in her community had prevented.

According to the local press, some members of the community were afraid that if all the families of the polygamists with right of vote taken in charge the same candidate they would influence the outcome of the election in the district of.

And family Masaba adds approximately 4,900 people.

Any man with 10 women suffer a collapse and die, but my own power I Ala. This is why I was able to control 86

Alhaji Abubakar Bello Masaba, speaking of the BBC

Monday, Commission electoral independent national State Niger Bida is the second largest city said however that the community's decision was "totally illegal".

The Commissioner of police of the State, Michael Zoukumor, said Masaba family will receive the protection that everyone respects the law and police remains neutral in the debate on the number of wives may have the old man has the right.

In August 2008, Masaba, a former teacher and Muslim preacher disobeyed local Islamic authorities when they gave a few days he divorce his 82 wives.

According to Ganiat, "when a wife a man with 86 wives you know he knows how to deal with them.

According to most researchers of Islam, the maximum number of women having a Muslim cannot always and when those concerned for all as well, is four.

But Masaba argues that nowhere in the Qur'an prescribed punishment for having more than four wives.

A month later, the old man was arrested by an Islamic court order but took the case to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, was decided in their favour.

"Any man with 10 women suffer a collapse and die, but my own power I Ala.". So I was able to control 86 ", said Masaba, when the BBC has made tour in 2008.".

For him, women who had less than 170 children wanted to be with him because he had the reputation as a healer.

"I do not want to." They come to me. I think that the fact that Dios asked me to do so and I marry them, said the old man.

One of his wives, Ganiat Bello Abubakar, told the BBC: "when they married a man with 86 wives is because she was sure that he knows how to deal with them."

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