Nigerian content creators Habeeb Hamzat, known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, known as Jarvis, held a statutory court wedding in Lagos on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, ahead of their main ceremony scheduled for August 1. The event has since produced a string of follow-up stories, from a viral reaction to the marriage registrar’s legal warning to a lawyer’s clarification on property rights and a governor’s aide questioning the pace of the union.
During the registry ceremony, the marriage registrar read the standard legal caution to the couple, explaining that any breach of their marital obligations could amount to bigamy, an offence carrying a minimum sentence of five years’ imprisonment with no option of a fine. The registrar then paused and asked, “Should I proceed, or do you want to go and rethink?”
Peller responded with a question of his own, stating: “Excuse me ma. Wait, wait, I get question. Na marriage, love. We will not break it, but ah, I don’t know how prison enter this love. We are good,” he said.
The clip spread quickly on X, with reactions split between amusement and concern. One user, @biggesttoney, wrote that the moment should “awaken him to more reality.” Another, @ChikaKenneth13, asked, “watin bring prison inside marriage matter. abeg o my pple is it a crime to love person pikin?”
Jarvis revisited the footage herself and admitted the registrar’s words stayed with her. “I don’t know how to do that thing. That was five years imprisonment or something. I swear to God. I was just thinking about it just now because I just saw the video again,” she said.
She went on to question who the warning was actually meant for. “That five years imprisonment, is it for the men only? Or is it for the two of us?” she asked, reasoning that Peller’s visible shock at the registry suggested the caution was directed more at men. She closed the thought with a prayer. “Nothing will happen in Jesus name. God forbid. I rebuke and I cast. In the name of Jesus,” she said.
Fans found the exchange funny. One wrote, “Jarvis asking the question everyone was thinking.”
Governor’s aide raises concern over the pace of the marriage
Meanwhile, Ossai Ovie Success, Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor, weighed in on his Instagram page hours after news of the wedding broke. He congratulated the couple but did not hide his reservations about how quickly the marriage happened.
“I am disappointed,” he wrote, explaining that his concern came from watching young public figures move fast under pressure. “In this generation, people rush in, post love, collect gifts, then 6 months later we’re seeing breakup TikToks,” he added.
Much of his post focused on the absence of a prenuptial agreement. “Peller has brands, streams, and gifts. Javis has her own career and brand too. A prenup makes it clear what belongs to who, so business doesn’t kill love,” he wrote. He argued that a written agreement is not a sign of distrust but a mature step for two people with independent income streams, saying, “Signing a prenup doesn’t mean you’re planning divorce. It means you’re planning the marriage like adults.”
He ended the post with well wishes. “Congrats to Javis and Peller. I pray their home stands. But I also pray it was built with sense, not just vibes,” he wrote.
Lawyer addresses fears over Peller’s property
Separately, lawyer and marriage advocate Stella Justice responded to claims spreading online that a court marriage under the Marriage Act automatically hands a wife rights to her husband’s property if the union ends.
She dismissed the claim as misinformation, explaining that a statutory marriage does not strip a man of his assets or transfer ownership to his wife by default. According to her, the law protects both spouses, and in the event of a divorce, property disputes are settled by courts based on legal facts, not public opinion or emotion.
Peller and Jarvis’s court wedding follows weeks of public attention on the relationship, including a promise from billionaire Temple of ten cows as a wedding gift. After Temple did not deliver the cows, Ossai Ovie Success announced that he had instead sent Peller ₦17 million in cash, describing it as proof that “a Deltan’s word is binding.” The couple’s full wedding ceremony is set to hold on August 1, 2026.
