Akonobi said, "To me, this topic (bride price) has been dealt with in the past by Ndigbo, who came out with a reduced bride price, to enable our young boys marry our young girls,”
He also cautioned that men should study their proposed wives closely and longer before marrying them because "once you marry, no one else can put it asunder."
He spoke at Nnewi, Anambra State during the traditional wedding ceremony of the daughter of a business mogul, Chief Louis Onwugbenu, Onyinye and her husband, Bosah Chukwuogo, weekend.