Brymo challenges bride price payment custom, advocates for legalization of abortion

• Nigerian artist Brymo has ignited controversy with his recent opinions on bride price and safe abortions.

• He took to social media to share that he believes paying bride price indicates that women are owned, rather than recognizing their independence.

Nigerian artist Brymo has ignited controversy with his recent opinions on bride price and safe abortions.

He took to social media to share that he believes paying bride price indicates that women are owned, rather than recognizing their independence.

In his posts, Brymo conveyed his opinions on the issue, mentioning:

“I saw in a movie scene the other day where a man told a female love interest that ‘a woman that can be bought is not worth having’… and it all made sense to me without a doubt left in my mind, and that the practice of paying bride-price depicts the transfer of ownership of the bride.”

He expanded on his thoughts, mentioning that.

“And I may participate nought of that, and especially because the other who was paid for may ever still choose to be as they want to afterwards… and posing ownership problems for the procurer…and a man expresses full ownership on things he pays for…yet a woman ain’t a thing to own or one to dictate for.”

Brymo talked about the topic of abortion, calling for its legalization wherever it is safe.

He stated that legalizing abortion would make individuals accountable for the children they decide to bring into the world.

“Let abortions on all safe levels be legal, and so that folks may be enforced to stay and raise the kids they bring forth by law… there is too much of letting adults walk away from commitments they pretended to be partaking of a while before,”