- They chased me away because my husband is building house for me – Woman claims
There was confusion in the Umuhu community of Ukpor town, Anambra State following the banishment of a middle aged woman who the villagers accused of witchcraft.
The villagers, including her husband’s kinsmen were said to have chased the woman, whose name was unknown, away from the community recently.
They accused her of being fetish and threatening to kill some of her in-laws with charms.
Scores of elderly and young men of Umuhu community, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra, were seen carrying the personal belongings of the woman and accompanying her to her father’s house in Uchonu community.
As they marched her out of the community, the men were seen in a video, casting aspersions on her, while alleging that she was fetish.
A resident of Umuhu, simply identified as Okeke, said the woman colluded with her husband to dispossess her in-laws of their land and also threatened to attack them.
However, the woman was denying all their allegations as they forced her out of her husband’s community, claiming that her brothers-in-law were envious of her because her husband is building a house for her in her father’s community.
She laid curses on those who banished her, insisting that they only wanted to ridicule her before her people because of the house.
“I am innocent. Those who accused me should come up with evidence.
The truth is that since they discovered that my husband has been building a house for me in my father’s village, they have been sad.
That is why they are chasing me away. But, the gods of our ancestors will take revenge for this evil act,” she said while exiting Umuhu.
A resident of Umuhu, Okoli Josephine Amaka, condemned the act by the villagers, explaining that no thorough investigation was done before they concluded that the woman is a witch.
She said the woman ought to have been escorted to her parents if found guilty by Umuada (women in the community) and not men.
“Everything was wrong in what these men did,” she said.