A woman is being made to endure excruciating persecution after she vehemently refused to have her kids circumcised.
Mrs Victoria Ijeoma Akinsanya, a mother of three, has been forced to abscond her Festac town, Lagos residence to an unknown destination because she refused to get her children circumcised,
In addition to this, her younger brother Njoku Ifeanyi was beaten by hoodlums while their aged mother Mrs Celestina Njoku now lives in fear.
Mrs Victoria Ijeoma Akinsanya
According to Vanguard, Victoria hails from Imo State but her in-laws are from Itoko in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It is the custom of the family of Akinsanya to initiate their male child and circumcise the female child.
Family source revealed that failure to carry out these rites may cause deaths and premature deaths in the family. Unknown to Victoria, some old women suspected to be members of Akinsanya visited to carry out the rites but met the ire of Victoria.
Family members at various times visited and appealed to the Njokus who lived at Akinbami area of Festac town, to get Victoria and her children circumcised according to their tradition. But the appeal fell on deaf ears as Victoria and her children took to their heels for safety.
It was gathered that the Akinsanya family said it is a taboo for any member of their family to remain uncircumcised and as a result, Victoria and her children risk ancestral problems for disobeying their deity.
Presently Victoria’s whereaabout is unknown while her mother was unhappy about the development.
According to Saturday Vanguard, when the family was visited, Madam Celestina said she was not in support of the tradition and had reported the matter to appropriate authorities.
Also, speaking, Ifeanyi said problem started on April 2nd, when some elderly women in the family visited their home over circumcision but they were warned by Celestina to stop further process and this generated a heated argument.
He said, “The visiting family members left in annoyance, and on the same day when I was going out, I was attacked by some hoodlums but I retaliated and it took the efforts of some passers-by to quell the incident,”
Mrs Celestina said she was of the opinion that the culprits were from her in-laws because there had been several attacks on her daughter Mrs Victoria Ijeoma Akinsanya before she absconded, “but the husband’s family has denied this."
Confirmed the incident but added that Ojo Police Station and they said the matter is still under investigation.
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Posted: at 25-06-2016 02:04 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Donchijoz at 25-06-2016 02:30 PM (8 years ago) (m)
ignorance. before u get married ,you surpose to know about the tradition of the place you are going.
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nametalkam at 25-06-2016 03:29 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Marriage is union between 2 people and God, not between two families of in-laws
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Posted: at 25-06-2016 03:29 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
luckingto50 at 25-06-2016 04:23 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Imagine dat in dis modern age people are still leaving a primitive and blind eye age. Female circumcisions is uncalled for because of d trauma she will forever go through in her life that is to show her sex life in future will be slow down.
Posted: at 25-06-2016 04:23 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
When they say 'I love you! I love you!! I love you!!!' What do they mean..... LOOK before you love or even say Yes to him. But nowadays, out of desperation our ladies don't even care...they just 'need a man to marry' Forgetting that if they get marry to the son of a babalawo, the babalawo will be their father inlaw But me i just dey look this woman....
I just dey look una
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