Objectivist04:
Such ritual is only performed in her village not Igbo land,. I never heard that a woman will go to her father's land for any ritual after the death of her husband and I am an Igbo and an adult as well, so she shouldn't make it seem to be a general practice. Again I haven't heard about a widow's family handing her over to her husband's sibling, honestly this sounds strange to me.

If she is to be from my place, she would still be in mourning period

paramakina202:


Betty knows what she is doing.You do not need to understand it.

Objectivist04:
Such ritual is only performed in her village not Igbo land,. I never heard that a woman will go to her father's land for any ritual after the death of her husband and I am an Igbo and an adult as well, so she shouldn't make it seem to be a general practice. Again I haven't heard about a widow's family handing her over to her husband's sibling, honestly this sounds strange to me.

If she is to be from my place, she would still be in mourning period

Objectivist04:
Such ritual is only performed in her village not Igbo land,. I never heard that a woman will go to her father's land for any ritual after the death of her husband and I am an Igbo and an adult as well, so she shouldn't make it seem to be a general practice. Again I haven't heard about a widow's family handing her over to her husband's sibling, honestly this sounds strange to me.

If she is to be from my place, she would still be in mourning period

Objectivist04:

Oga what am trying to say is that whatever she is trying to do is not a general Igbo ritual. It might be how they do it in her community but not igbo as a whole. For me it is a strange ritual. The only thing that will make a widow's family hand her over to her husband's brother is if the brother wants to marry her which we call "nkuchi" in Igbo language, though such is rare now and Betty is way too old for such as she already has adult children.
Nkuchi is mostly done when the widow is young, with tittle children or no child at all.

She never said the truth what she went to her village to do

Objectivist04:

Oga what am trying to say is that whatever she is trying to do is not a general Igbo ritual. It might be how they do it in her community but not igbo as a whole. For me it is a strange ritual. The only thing that will make a widow's family hand her over to her husband's brother is if the brother wants to marry her which we call "nkuchi" in Igbo language, though such is rare now and Betty is way too old for such as she already has adult children.
Nkuchi is mostly done when the widow is young, with tittle children or no child at all.

She never said the truth what she went to her village to do

EmeeNaka:
There is no general custom pertaining to all Igbo people. Every tribe among Igbos are unique and has some customs that are practiced among them alone.

oyatz:


You may not understand the culture of her hometown than her.

What you just describe as 'nkuchi' is also practice in Yoruba culture, the only difference is that it is the husband's family headed by the Family's Patriach that hand-over the widow to her late Husband's brother, cousin or any close relative to 'so lo po' meaning to re-marry her, raised children in the name of her deceased husband or take care of the widow and her young kids. Other family members are also expected to assist the woman by occasional gifts of farm produce and some may offer to take one of the kids to live with them. The Practice is however fading now due to westernization/ Pentecostal christianity.

paramakina202:


All the things do they in Anambra villages and they call it Igbo culture even if it is unknown to majority of ndi Igbo?

Objectivist04:

An Igbo culture is a culture practiced in the entire Igbo land like, akwam ozu, ighankwu nwanyi, igba boyi, I ri ji ofuru , I ti mmanwu, I gba egbe ma a neli ozu, i wa oji ma agbakoo etc, you can't have a particular practice in just a local government and call it Igbo culture.

Objectivist04:

That is why I fault her, by making it an Igbo thing, she would have said it is her village custom.

A married woman who commits adultery in my community runs mad instantly but it is not so in my neighbouring community, so I can't come out and say that the practice is an Igbo culture.

Objectivist04:

Oga what am trying to say is that whatever she is trying to do is not a general Igbo ritual. It might be how they do it in her community but not igbo as a whole. For me it is a strange ritual. The only thing that will make a widow's family hand her over to her husband's brother is if the brother wants to marry her which we call "nkuchi" in Igbo language, though such is rare now and Betty is way too old for such as she already has adult children.
Nkuchi is mostly done when the widow is young, with tittle children or no child at all.

She never said the truth what she went to her village to do

franchasofficia:
Don't mind them.


Which yeye ritual in Igbo land?

That is how they misrepresent Igbo culture to Igbo haters who will not bother to verify.


It's a shame that Betty Anyanwu couldn't build a befitting house in her father's compound and couldn't develop her kindred despite being the wife of a state Governor for over 6 years, no wonder she was rejected at the polls when she tried to contest for Senate seat in Imo state.

Tochj:

Ibu nwa afo Igbo
Ima Omenala
Never heard that kind of tradition in igboland

Objectivist04:

That is why I said the culture is peculiar to her home town not an Igbo thing as she said.
Pls try to understand my argument

Objectivist04:
Such ritual is only performed in her village not Igbo land,
Again I haven't heard about a widow's family handing her over to her husband's sibling, honestly this sounds strange to me.

paramakina202:


All the things do they in Anambra villages and they call it Igbo culture even if it is unknown to majority of ndi Igbo?

Spectators:
Family reacts to Betty Anyanwu purported marriage to Akeredolu’s younger brother


Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu's family has spoken out to deny rumors that she is married to her brother-in-law, Prof Wole Akeredolu.

In a statement posted on social media, Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu clarified that bloggers had misrepresented a story about traditional rituals that took place in her hometown in Imo State after the burial of her late husband, former Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

The statement clarified that the rituals were customary for the wife of a deceased person in the Igbo culture, and that during the ceremony, Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu was handed over to Prof Wole Akeredolu as per tradition.

However, the statement emphasized that this did not mean that they were married, and that reports suggesting otherwise were false and a misrepresentation of the facts.


https://spectatorsng.com/family-reacts-to-betty-anyanwu-purported-marriage-to-akeredolus-younger-brother/

Objectivist04:
Such ritual is only performed in her village not Igbo land,. I never heard that a woman will go to her father's land for any ritual after the death of her husband and I am an Igbo and an adult as well, so she shouldn't make it seem to be a general practice. Again I haven't heard about a widow's family handing her over to her husband's sibling, honestly this sounds strange to me.

If she is to be from my place, she would still be in mourning period