The Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday gave a controversial rule which permits that women in Nigeria who have clitorises longer than 7,5 centimetres (3 inches) can now legally change their gender status to male.
A 36-year old Isioma Adeyemi jubilated as her request to change her legal status from female to male due to the length of her clitoris was granted.
Justice Mary Odili who led a five-member supreme court panel ruled that her request was “perfectly sound and legitimate”, ordering that her legal status be changed immediately.
Ms. Adeyemi had been in a legal battle for 7 years. Being a woman with an exceptionally large clitoris, her husband repudiated her, she eagerly wanted to change her legal status which has been granted.
Speaking after the judgement, she said “This is the greatest day of my life! My first husband repudiated me because my clitoris was bigger than his peen, now I finally get some kind of justice.”
Under Nigerian law, Ms. Adeyemi now has the right to share landed properties with male brothers, have several wives as she wishes.
Ms. Inna Shevchenko, leader of The radical feminist exhibitionist group Femen, describes the ruling as “a great advancement for African women in general.”
“A small number of women just obtained a great boost in their legal status and are now in a position to help their peers. It’s a great day for women!” She added.
According to government experts, over 600 other Nigerian women have sufficiently big clitorises and free to apply for a change to their legal status.
World news daily reports that Nigeria is only the second country in the world to offer women with large clitorises the option of being legally considered as men.
The country Uganda offers the same choice to all women with clitorises longer than 5 centimetres (2 inches). Only 11 women have legally changed their status to men since the law was passed in 2011.
