Senator Yarima was accused of marrying an underage girl from Egypt and was investigated for having violated Nigeria's Child Rights Act of 2003.[8] However, under Article 61 Second Schedule of the Nigerian Constitution,[9] the Nigerian Government has no power to legislate on “marriages under Islamic law and Customary law including matrimonial causes relating thereto”, meaning that Senator Yarima had no legal case to answer and the investigation was dropped. He maintained that he has not violated sharia: "History tells us that Prophet Muhammad did marry a young girl as well.