Residents of Alor Uno town in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have been thrown into confusion and shock after a woman was allegedly caught making love with her lover less than 24 hours after her husband’s sudden death.
The Point learnt that the middle aged woman was caught pants down while allegedly having sexual intercourse with her male lover inside a bush when the whole community was still mourning her husband’s strange death.
The woman, whose name was unknown, was caught last Tuesday and paraded naked by elders and other natives of the community.
A video of the parade which was sighted by The Point showed that her male lover, identified as Aboy, was also humiliated naked by irate members of the community.
It was said that her husband died last week Monday, a development which threw the community into disbelief and confusion.
Sources in the village gave different accounts of what might have killed the man.
Some said there is subsisting superstition that any man who eats the food prepared by his adulterous wife, while in the know of his wife’s sexual escapade with other men, is liable to be killed by deities of the land.
“Her husband died yesterday as a result of eating her food because she was sleeping outside with another man and today, she was caught with the man making love somewhere inside the bush. Some residents saw them and the elders of Alor Uno ordered that the two of them be ridiculed. Both of them were therefore paraded naked this afternoon in the town,” a source said.
In the video, the two adults were stripped of their clothes while palm fronds were hung on their necks as signs that they committed sacrilege.
Meanwhile, another native of the community who identified himself as Buchi Toochi gave a somewhat different narration of what happened.
Toochi said the deceased man had caught his wife in a sexual act with another man before he reported the matter to his in-laws and kinsmen for necessary actions.
He said the family members were yet to adjudicate on the matter when the man suddenly died, a development that made the community parade the woman and her lover naked.
According to him, “The deceased caught the wife in the act with the man and went to report to the wife’s family and other witnesses. The issue was still on adjudication when the man died the next day and the villagers delivered justice as they deemed appropriate by taking them unclad around the community.”
Another resident of Alor Uno while reacting to the bizarre happening said, “In my opinion, what killed the husband is not exactly the superstitious act of eating her food when she is cheating. I believe the wife used poison to kill her husband in order for her to be free with the new lover and please him. When you catch your woman cheating, continuing to stay with her is 50/50 in your life, but many don’t know this and won’t accept this as a hidden reality.”
Meanwhile, the remains of the husband had been deposited at a morgue in the community while efforts are being made to unravel the true cause of his demise.
