A Nigerian senator accused of marrying a 13-year-old Egyptian girl says he has done nothing wrong.Ahmad Sani Yerima, 49, told the BBC that his fourth wife was not 13, but would not say how old she was. He denied breaking the law but said he would not respect any law that contradicted his religious beliefs.
"As a Muslim, as I always say, I consider God's law and that of his prophet above any other law"
The Nigerian senate ordered an investigation after complaints from women's groups but the senator said he did not care what the groups thought.
A spokesman for the Egyptian embassy in Nigeria has said the girl is still at school in Egypt.
"Nobody has complained to the embassy in respect of the girl," Mohammed Saber told the AFP news agency.
He said however that the embassy "will follow the issue" because it is illegal in Egypt to marry an underage girl.
Mr Sani was the governor of Zamfara state, where he oversaw the introduction of Sharia law - for the first time in a northern state - in 1999.