My name is Dooshima and I am from Benue State. I was married to
a young man who is from one of the Eastern states of Nigeria for six
years with a child before the cold hands of death snatched Uzor from me.
His death raised many eyebrows because he fell sick after he traveled home and laid the foundation of his building.
According
to what Uzor told me, one of his uncles was not happy with him,
claiming the land he wanted to build belonged to him (the uncle), and
wanted his own son to build on the land.
Uzor
insisted he must build on the land and when the man's son was ready,
there were other lands in the family for him to build on.
Shortly
after he came back, Uzor fell sick and the ailment defied all medical
attention and we had to take him to his place but he died shortly after
our arrival.
Immediately he was buried,
the family called a meeting and insisted I must marry his older brother
so that I will remain in the family. They told me it was their tradition
and failure to do so is total calamity.
But
how can I marry a man who is as old as my own father with four other
wives? I even heard that he took over two of the women from his late
brothers.
Please I need urgent advice on what to do?
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