I was Forced to Marry a Dead Man, We now have 2 Kids together (NIGERIA)

[@HarunaYinusa-zt2st]

The governor of the state needs to visit these people.

[@annebishop9634]

Thank you for making us aware of this tragic situation. I hope a solution can put an end to this form of slavery.

[@jamesprentice5503]

Thanks for all you show about life there!

[@HarunaYinusa-zt2st]

This type of law needs to be cancelled, the people need to be educated, let the government use force to stop this act in that community..

[@CBF.2022]

Ignorance, illiteracy and poverty is man enemy. I feel for this women

[@Royalbloodline1990]

Thank you for your work 😊

[@DavidNkwa]

Thank you ma

[@ChySpace]

This is one of the reasons the British media personalities were voicing out trashes about Nigeria this noon. My heart is still in pains. Glad the girls want to move and do meaningful things with their lives

[@ChiAngel]

War! So many lives lost, am speaking of the ones still alive. Fear has taken control🙏 children can not learn & many other problems. Melva is a brave warrior 🙏🙏

[@DavidNkwa]

Oh yes, she is. I hope she gets the help she is looking for to help those girls

[@charfraser1916]

I bet these women dream of themselves sleeping with the “dead men” who are simply familiar spirits.

[@mbNetwork]

Unbelievable in 2024

[@ebychuks9797]

Truth these kids will never be able to leave the dead men's families because of the children they have borne them. Women are always tied to their kids and find it difficult to remarry even when their husbands are dead, at least here in Nigeria. Almost all wait till their kids are all grown up before they even consider remarriage. So long as those kids are alive, and they're still married to those dead men through their families, they won't want to remarry. Even for those that want to, it would be very difficult to see a man who wants to marry a woman with all that baggage. Also to remarry she'll have to divorce the dead man through his family of course, before she'll be free again. If she risks loosing her kids, she may not want to divorce. All in all its a very tricky situation that should be handled delicately.

[@DarlingtonFEgbu]

David Nkwa, please could you also check some areas of Anambra State where this culture still exists or practiced? I would like to know. Thanks. Dr. Darlington Egbu. Washington, DC. USA

[@deinjack]

I'm shocked 😭

[@DavidOguchiFilms]

I feel for them

[@RukkyDINMA]

What wickedness and barbaric act!!

[@winniejo316]

This is sad😢....

[@muhumuthonimuhu7989]

It’s 2024 and this is happening 😥😥😥😥😥

[@osas3857]

5 years and the soldiers threatening us in 2024 for protesting did nothing

[@nkechimelva3710]

The situation is very ugly but the King is on the forefront of propelling it not stopping it. 2 girls ran away and their fate is that they will no longer step foot on the land or they’ll die.

[@joses2712]

Just imagine that! Yet he's here acting like he truly cares. So sad.

[@nkechimelva3710]

@@joses2712 He and the community elders believe they owe their lives to the war lords and women became, as usual, easy targets. The community already had a culture where women are seen as merely belonging to men and if their husbands died they’ll stay back to have as many more children in his name. However, they deepened this culture with this culture as their solution to cushion the effect of war by forcing young girls into traditional bondage with dead men, while exposing them to all kinds of STDs.

[@fogandmists3344]

I think the rulers don't want the war to stop. The only way to get more 'warlords' is through this dehumanizing practice. Use spirituality to control the young girls and their families into having children. It's not like they are stopping at one or two children. They are having more than 4 kids

[@joann4733]

New subscriber.

[@DavidNkwa]

Welcome to the family

[@jayzeltabares9762]

sad reality

[@puritycartoonadventure1836]

Just 2017 here so because of the crisis you people now decided to be marrying the youngs girls to the dead. Sha Government should come and save those girls.

[@bakary333]

That is evil doing

[@Queen_Amenarina]

David, Biko tell Me, the people who came to fight & also burned down the schools, are they fellow Igbos or Fulanis ?

[@DavidNkwa]

cross river

[@Lola-zb4pi]

Invite Jesus Christ, and He transformed your life

[@gsvlogonek]

Hello brodar im from Nepal u trabhal brodar nepal

[@trabouliste1037]

Is this custom related to any kind of religion(s) or not?

[@talkofbigcats]

What in this video took your mind to religion? I'm just curious.

[@trabouliste1037]

@@talkofbigcats Empirical knowledge: Customs are generally rooted in culture, which is normally closely related to the religious beliefs of a specific group.

[@dollhouseq1530]

Man made rules and exuding absolute control over the villages women...shameful!