WIDOWS WILL NO LONGER DRINK THE BATH WATER OF THEIR DEAD HUSBANDS IN AKWA IBOM

In a bill passed by the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly and signed by the governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, the custom allowing the seizure of deceased husbands properties and subjecting their widows to inhuman practices such as shaving of the head and making them drink the water used to bath their  husbands, among others, is now illegal in Akwa Ibom State.

It has also become unlawful for widows to be maltreated in Akwa Ibom and defaulters of the  law  risk  fines and three years imprisonment. For those of you who thought such scenes in Nollywood isn't real, it does happen in real life and this is indeed a commendable step taken by the state in putting an end to this inhumane act. Nice one Governor Akpabio. Igbos, take a cue.