A 70-year-old widow, Mrs. Maria Okoh, caught having sex with
a 30-year-old man in Amauzu Nkpoghoro village in Afikpo North Local Government
Area of Ebonyi State, was fined three goats after being paraded round the
village to appease the land. It was gathered that the septuagenarian was caught
in the act by one of her grandchildren, who had gone to give her food in her
late husband’s house.
The granddaughter reportedly went straight to her
grandmother’s room with the food items only to meet her on the bed stack naked
making love with a young man in his early 30’s. The grand-daughter reportedly
raised the alarm seeing what is described as an abominable act in the
community; a source added that she immediately reported the matter to the
elders, who in turn alerted youths of the village.
The couple being paraded around town The source said the
villagers immediately dragged the widow and her lover out of the house, where
they were hiding, and paraded round the community, chanting disgraceful songs
behind them as punishment for their atrocious act. The source, who pleaded
anonymity, added that the punishment meted out to the two lovers was the worst
punishment anyone could go through in Afikpo land. He said the woman would have
faced a greater punishment if her husband was still alive.
The source, however, revealed that the act has brought shame
to the widow’s family, adding that she was among the most respected women in
the community before the incident. It was gathered that according to the
community’s custom, the woman will give three goats as fine after being paraded
round the village to appease the land.
