UPDATE: Rising cases of harmful widowhood practices in Igbo

The monarch urged his counterparts in Igbo land to lead the campaign against such obnoxious practices wherever it still exists, arguing that it does not add any value to our culture. Eze Ajomuiwe warned that the fundamental human rights of a widow should not be trampled upon just because she lost her husband and advised…

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