She told me that in Nigeria when your parents sell you to a man you cannot run away. If you run away people will bring you back to your husband. If you refuse to have sex with him, the village women will come and hold you.

Truth or fallacy?

do not believe all what people says. well honestly I don't know maybe someone else may answer

I was told by my hubby that when a family "sells" thier daughtar to a man then the man can do whatever he wants and this includes beating and anything else. This is why most parents refuse the money and give it back.

not truth in Nigerian parents dt sell their children to men we call it bride price you pay back the money if you dont have a child for him .

i think they do it in our great grand parents days but not now,things has changed and bride price can be refund now if the parents of the girl found out she is being badly abused .

so maybe it changed once people started travelling all over the world?

I believe that used to be the case in the "olden days"

I can't speak for other tribes but in my tribe 'yoruba', the bride price is usually given back to the groom. This is just to show that they are giving away their daughter because of love and not for the money. The man accepts the money back and puts in the the brides' purse.
Leaving ones husband is frowned upon but no one will forcefully make you go back to the man if you don't want to.

"In Nigeria when your parents sell you to a man?"