Nigerian with 97 wives and 185 kids feared dead 'very much alive and on market for more'

A NOTORIOUS polygamist rumoured to have died has claimed he's very much alive – and looking for more wives.

By Margi Murphy

POLYGAMY: Mohammed Bello Abubakar has married 107 women in his 92 years

Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 92, shot to fame in 2008 as Nigeria’s foremost "super polygamist" after marrying more than 100 woman in a "divine calling".

Despite outliving the majority of his children, rumours were swirling that he had passed away following a short illness this year.

But Mr Bello has come forward to say he is very much alive, and looking to settle down again, and again, and again.

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He released the statement: "My dear, I am very much alive, hale and hearty.

"The rumour is baseless and can best be described as the work of my detractors because they envy what God has done and what He is still doing for me.

"What I am doing is divine. It is an assignment and I will keep doing it till the end," he added.

It's widely agreed among muslim scholars that a man can take up to four wives, as long as they are all looked after equally.

But Mr Bello's nuptials have angered the community in Bida, Niger state, where he is a cleric, according to The Independent.

But Mr Bello said his own interpretation was that "the Koran does not place a limit and it is up to what your own power, your onwn endowment and ability allows".

He previously claimed that those "fighting against the number of my wives" were "waging a war against God, their creator".

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