NOKOU, Chad 23 Nov (ANA) - A Chadian minister has been detained by police following reports that he had married an underage girl.

 

Azzai Mahamat Hassane's lawyer has denied that his client's wife is a minor.

 

French-language news broadcaster RFI quotes a state prosecutor as saying Mr Hassane married the girl in a "customary ceremony" in 2017 when he travelled to the western town of Nokou with a political delegation.

 

Marriage in Chad under the age of 18 is illegal, and people found to have married minors or offered underage children for marriage face prison.(ANA)

FA/ANA/23 November 2018-------