Nigeria's Senate has ordered an investigation into reports that one of its members has married a 13-year-old Egyptian girl.
Ahmad Sani Yerima, 49, is alleged to have married her at the national mosque in Abuja several weeks ago.
Senators called for the investigation after receiving a petition by protesting women's groups, who believe Mr Sani has broken the law.
The senator has not spoken publicly about the reports of his marriage.
The BBC's Caroline Duffield, in Lagos, says Nigeria's human rights commission has already begun an investigation.
Some top officials of the Delta State Government are believed to have gone underground as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission continues the search for evidence that could help its investigation into an allegation of graft against former Governor James Ibori.
The officials, said an EFCC source on Wednesday, were mostly heads of some ministries and departments in the oil-rich state.
The source, who pleaded not to be named, did not give the names of the officials. But he told one of our correspondents that the operatives began the search of some ministries and departments in the state on Monday for incriminating materials against Ibori.
Portsmouth's John Utaka, FC Zurich's Onyekachi Okonkwo and Salzburg's Rabiu Afolabi have been handed Nigeria recalls by Technical Adviser Lars Lagerback.
Outside of that, there were no surprises in Lagerback's list of 44, released by the NFF on Sunday, with only three players getting first time call ups.
Advocates of more players from the domestic league would be placated after the Swede included six players from the Nigeria Premier League, led by top scorer Ahmed Musa.
But there was no place for out-of-form fullback Chibuzor Okonkwo, who has been upstaged in the home-based Super Eagles team by the impressive Terna Suswan of Lobi Stars.
Rising midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim's lack of club action also counted against him, as he was not included. But Haruna Lukman, who has locked down a place in the Monaco midfield, gets a chance to impress the new coach in camp.
The players are to report to camp in the United Kingdom from April 27 and 28.
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ABUJA—CHIEF James Onanefe Ibori, yesterday, expressed surprise over enquiries on why he did not report to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
He said the anti-graft agency was fully aware he would not report that Saturday.
A statement from his Media Assistant, Mr. Tony Eluemunor, quoted the former governor as saying that his legal counsel had written the EFCC over the matter, stating why Ibori would not honour the invitation that day.
The statement said: “Ibori’s counsel, Mr. J. B. Dauda wrote a letter dated 16th April, 2010, and addressed to the Chairman of the EFCC, titled “Re: your reply to our letter concerning Mr. James Ibori; report of EFCC manhunt in Nigerian dailies”, where he adduced reasons that constrained Ibori from showing up.
“Such reasons include the fact that our client has, to your knowledge and that of the Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation, filed an action seeking for enforcement of his fundamental human rights to liberty, fair
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Nigeria's Senate has ordered an investigation into reports that one of its members has married a 13-year-old Egyptian girl.
