A Peep into a Village In Abuja Where Newborn Twins Are Considered Evil & Hanged To Death

Date: 23-05-2018 7:58 am (5 years ago) | Author: kacy lee
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A set of twins would, by now, have been hanged to death in Kaida Village, Gwagwalada, on the outskirts of Abuja.

However, the arrival of humanitarian workers 24 hours before their scheduled death left them a survival window that their mother bravely explored.

According to Nkwasi Obim Nebo, a maternal health advocate and humanitarian worker who led a team of PeachAid Medical Initiative medical doctors to the village, the mother of the twins walked up to her seeking help.

Narrating the experience on Facebook, she wrote: “As soon as we arrived the community, this woman immediately handed us her newly-born twin babies, asking us to take them away; they were only 2days old.


I asked her why she was giving up on her kids, she replied and said they will be killed in few days from today if still with her. She heard we were coming and came out just to give us the babies!





“This is her 4th pregnancy, and her 4th set of twins also! Oh yes! You heard me right! Twins are considered as evil in this community since time immemorial, and are killed (hanged) on the third day after delivery.”

Since Mary Slessor stopped the practice of infanticide of twins among the Ibibio in the 19th century, numerous individuals and groups have followed suit with nationwide campaigns on the rights of twins to life.

Still, the practice persists — particularly in villages far flung form major towns and cities, such as Kaida.


Posted: at 23-05-2018 07:58 AM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- tonyigho at 23-05-2018 08:06 AM (5 years ago)
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Government have to send delegates there to teach them what they don't know.
Posted: at 23-05-2018 08:06 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ruthie at 23-05-2018 08:10 AM (5 years ago)
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haba in this day and age................
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- chukkychukky at 23-05-2018 08:21 AM (5 years ago)
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this is barbaric

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- angesco at 23-05-2018 08:52 AM (5 years ago)
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We NEED a NEW Mary Slessor in 21st century Christian Nigeria!!!!!
Posted: at 23-05-2018 08:52 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- nature7888 at 23-05-2018 09:46 AM (5 years ago)
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HAba, still happening??
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- qwerty123 at 23-05-2018 10:43 AM (5 years ago)
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chukkychukky , ьчьвлв
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chukkychukky , ьчьчьч
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- qwerty123 at 23-05-2018 10:43 AM (5 years ago)
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angesco , тчлчоч
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- qwerty123 at 23-05-2018 10:43 AM (5 years ago)
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- qwerty123 at 23-05-2018 10:51 AM (5 years ago)
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qwerty123 , лчлвлв
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- cypanyahucha at 23-05-2018 11:13 AM (5 years ago)
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So surprised
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- fineboy77 at 23-05-2018 11:32 AM (5 years ago)
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na wa o

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- slimber at 23-05-2018 03:24 PM (5 years ago)
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Barbaric tradtion God forbid
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