MAN IN BIZARRE MARRIAGE TO SISTER: I have abandoned union to sibling but won’t rejoin church

•Mr. Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe and his 17-year-old sister. Picture source: Channels – TV

FOLLOWING the bizarre marriage in Ekwulobia in Aguata local government area of Anambra State between 25-year-old mathematics teacher at Community Secondary School, Isuofia, Mr. Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe, and his 17-year-old sister, and the subsequent attempt by youths of the area to banish the entire family, natives have resolved to cleanse the community of the taboo.

The ceremony would be performed by the parish priest of St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Ekwulobia, Reverend Father Ignatius Onwuatuegwu, on Saturday, March 24, 2018.

The family has agreed to participate in the cleansing. However, the man at the centreof the controversy, Chiadikaobi,told Sunday Vanguard that he had ended everything concerning the marriage to his sister following the controversy the issue had generated and added that he would subject himself to the cleansing.

But he said the cleansing did not mean he would return to the Catholic Church which he left several years ago as the ceremony is to appease the people of his community.

Even as he appeared not to have shown remorse, Chiadikaobi admitted that he was once a Catholic but said he would not return to the church after the cleansing.

Father Onwuatuegwu said the cleansing must be performed regardless of whether or not Chiadikaobi is present.

Efforts to speak with the head of the family, Mr. Louis Ezeibekwe, 78, on the development proved abortive as his statements were incoherent.