I am utterly surprised and shocked that this Inhumane practice is still in existence in Nigeria, and in Akwa Ibom for that matter... But thank God...last week, the state government, in a bill passed by the House of Assembly and signed by the governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, outlawed the custom which maltreat widows after the deaths of their husbands, declaring it prohibited.
According to Akpabio, who spoke on democracy day, no widow through out the state would be made to participate in such custom...he also added that the defaulters would face 3 years in prison.
Some people are very wicked...how can you subject a mourning, heartbroken woman to drinking the water used to bath the dead body of her spouse...can you imagine such wickedness? i heard it also happens in Imo state...and if it's true, Governor Rochas should follow in Akpabio's steps
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