A PRIEST IN ANAMBRA STATE WEDDED A COUPLE YESTERDAY, DESPITE DISPUTES WITH THE BRIDE’S FATHER. (PHOTOS).
A priest in Anambra State wedded a couple yesterday, despite disputes with the bride’s father In a video circulating online, the Reverend Father narrated that The father of the bride who is from Nteje had insisted that the wedding should not take place unless his daughter swøre never to associate with his mother whom he has a quarrel with. The conflict arose from past marriage issues between the father and her mother. Before the wedding, the father repeatedly met with the priest, warning that he had already taken the bride's mother to a deity and that the girl must follow him to the shrine to appease that deity before the marriage can go on. For peace to prevail, the priest advised the couple to comply with all the father’s requests so the wedding could proceed, the priest even donated some of the items that the brides father told her to bring to use in appeasing the deity. However, when they reached the shr|ne, the father suddenly changed his demand, insisting the daughter take a...
According to The Nation,Police operatives attached to Festac Division have rescued three abandoned babies.While two of the babies were successfully abandoned at different locations of Festac Town,the mother of the third was caught after dropping the about three week old child near a gas station on 21 Road.It was gathered that the woman identified as Bose Ojo,27 went to the area about 9:00am On July 27,dropped the baby and left.Unfortunate for her,a resident in the area saw her from her apartment situated at the first floor of a high rise building.The resident,it was gathered raised alarm and the woman was chased,while policemen at Festac Division were notified.She was arrested and upon interrogation,the woman was said to have denied abandoning the baby.According to a police source,Ojo and her baby were examined at Mother and Child Hospital,First Avenue,after which the child was admitted.The source said ''She claimed that she did not abandon the child.That she dropped the baby to rest.The woman has no fixed address and she hawks sachet water.She said the child's father,a bus drver called Oduayo abandoned her after their home at Orile-Iganmu was demolished.The woman cannot keep that child unless she gets support.She is not married.No visible means of sustenance.No accomodation.She has no skills and she's not in good health too.The woman never attended antenatal and also had her baby in a neighbouring bush all by herself''.For the second child,a boy of about six weeks,he was found at Third Avenue,behind 'H' Close.The source further said ''A Good Samaritan who lives in the close,picked him up at about 9:18 am.The child was taken to the same hospital and he was certified okay.There is urgent need for protection order for both children''.
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