- The first child of the late Gani Fawehinmi, Mohammed Fawehinmi, has said that he wishes to get married and have children
- Fawehinmi, who lost his mobility in an auto crash in 2003, said he has been receiving pressure from family members on the issue of marriage
- He stated that he's very optimistic that one day he will walk again but he will be glad if it will be to walk down the aisle with his soulmate
Mohammed Fawehinmi, the son of the late Gani Fawehinmi, has lamented his marital status, saying that he certainly wishes to marry and have children, but there are so many things responsible for why he is yet to get married.
Fawehinmi made this known in the interview he granted Punch newspaper, in which he said prior to the accident he had in 2003, he already had a lady he wanted to marry, but had to tell her to move on with her life because he didn't want to be a burden on her.
NAIJ.com noted that Fawehinmi said that the lady in question wanted to stay after the accident but Fawehinmi insisted that she moved on because she may not be able to cope with the demand of his new condition.
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Fawehinmi said: "I couldn’t do anything on my own but depended on the help of others to survive. I didn’t want that huge burden on her, so I told her to move on and get herself another man. I was just being considerate. The lady went away disappointed.
"I just felt that I shouldn’t bother any woman with my condition. I didn’t want anybody to marry me out of pity. Even though I always have females around me, it is not every woman that can stay with a person with disability of my kind.
"Most of the women I have met in recent times are not the ones that can stay with a man, they are the type who would want to attend parties and keep all sorts of friends instead of looking after me. Of course, a few have come close to what I want but the temperament is nothing to write home about."
The legal practitioner said that he constantly receives pressure from family members to get married.
He added: "In fact, words can’t describe the intensity of the pressure on me right now as far as marriage is concerned. My mother and uncles disturb me about this topic almost every day. But what they don’t understand is that most women I have met hardly want to commit themselves after the initial meeting because of my condition. As it is, I am just praying that there’ll be a miracle from God in this aspect.
"I am very optimistic that one day, I am going to walk again but then I’ll be glad if it will be to walk down the aisle with my soulmate. I really want to marry and have children. I think about this every day."
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Mohammed Fawehinmi, the son of late human rights lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, stated that he had no doubt that the Igbos were marginalised in Nigeria.
Fawehinmi said that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) should drop the agitation for secession and rather focus on how to get the government to involve the people of south-east properly in governance.
He accused the Igbo elders and the elite of abandoning the region and feeding off the little that should go into developing the south-east.
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Source: Naija.ng