The youth of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State have set ablaze Dwelling Fullness of God Church where a man reportedly married his younger sister.
Mathematics teacher, Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe, married his 17-year-old sister, claiming that God told him to do so, according to a report in Sunday PUNCH.
Speaking with the newspaper’s correspondent on Saturday, Ezeibekwe said he had a revelation where God told him to marry his sibling.
The secondary school teacher quoted Bible passages in Deuteronomy to illustrate that siblings could marry each other.
“One advantage of doing this is that it discourages divorce. It also retains family values and norms,” he said.
Ezeibekwe said he did not pay any bride price to anybody in respect of the marriage.
“I don’t feel guilty. I don’t feel ashamed. I don’t feel intimidated in any way. Only God can stop us,” he said.
The wedding was said to have been conducted by Chiadikobi’s elder brother, Chijioke Ezeibekwe, who is the priest of Dwelling Fullness of God Church, Agba.
The eldest son of the family, Emeka Ezeibekwe, however, vowed to resist their union.
“It’s over my dead body that they will call themselves husband and wife. It can’t happen,” he said.
Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Nkeiruka Nwide, said she heard the story “unofficially.”
Reacting to the issue, the traditional prime minister of Ekwulobia, Gabriel Ezeukwu, said, “Agba village youths, who saw the marriage as an abomination, set ablaze the church where the wedding took place.
“I restrained them from further action against the man and his family. If it were in the past, the entire family would be burnt down because this is a grave abomination and sin.”
