There lived a couple Chindo and Nosike Agbadi; Nosike was so barren that had wanted to kill her. one morning Nosike agbadi woke up from sleep, she was mourning so bitterly, "what is the matter" asked chindo agbadi pathetically as he himself knew what was wrong with her wife "honey, it is alright, it is not our fault, we will see the soothsayer next tomorrow" said chindo confronting
It was 6:00pm, the couples.
were back from work, chindo agbadi is a hunter and a farmer while Miss Nosike agbadi was a petty trader, "how was work today" asked chindo agbadi smiling. "It was nice "replied nosike as she smiled after which she began to mourn, "Darling do not forget our visit to the soothsayer tomorrow "said Nosike sobbing.
Mazi Nzeogu sat on his mat; leg crossed with a bead, the room was full of skulls and deities. Mazi Nzeogu was in his early thirties, he was one of the famous soothsayer in agunsi kingdom, people from other villages brought their complain to him, he cured all kind of sickness and ailment with various herbs, he was so short that people call him dwarf, he never wanted to marry because he believed women are trap and could likely spoil his charm and medicine, a very famous and respected herbalist, he was the talk of the town. "What can I do for you both" as he finally said, both Chindo and nosike agbadi were both sitting on a stool as they faced the herbalist, "my wife here had been barrened here for 7years after our marriage "said chindo Agbadi. The medicine man shakes his head, took a kola, broke it, spat on it and then said a long incarnation's after which he said "you both may now go in peace but there will be trouble, you two must pass it before a single baby comes out from her womb". The both were scared at the word of the medicine man but they were in suspense of what that could mean. "My lord we don't understand "said chindo. "You will give birth to twins which will be killed but after that you will give birth to a child, there is no remedy to that or else I will anger the gods" narrated mazi Nzeogu. It was believed in Agunsi village that the medicine man determines the fate of a barren woman, any woman who wanted to delivered a twins, such twins will be killed, they believed it was a taboo and it was abomination if a child or twins was terminated in the womb of a woman by a soothsayer, if such was done, the gods will be provoked and that will lead to the death of the soothsayer through thunder striking four days after the incident. Chindo and nosike agbadi left the herbalist room, they believed there was no remedy, and they need to take up the task by escaping.
It was four month now, Nosike agbadi was pregnant, it was at Nkechi house that Nosike gave birth to twins, Nkechi was a sister to nosike though nosike was the eldest, Mrs. Akpasionu had only given birth to Nosike and Nkechi, Mrs. Akpasionu was at her old age, chindo had narrated all that the soothsayer had said to Nkechi, they were all afraid and they had decided to escape to another village. Though they will need to hide at Nkechi house, the rain had fallen heavy and the thunder had shaken heavily several times indicating that a twins was born. A search had to be conducted by 32 warriors to look for these twins and killed them, each household was to be searched though Ngozi house had been agreed to be searched the next day evening.
It was 7:00, both nosike and chindo had carried their babies with the help of Ngozi but unfortunately they were followed secretly by an hunter named Akpugo, the witches had summoned Akpugo to followed them, the witches had smelt it all, they knew the twins were born from Mrs Nosike Agbadi. They were trying to board a canoe from the river to cross to the other village when suddenly Akpugo came out from his hideout, "hahhahhahahahahahaha, you think you can escape from the gods, impossible!!!"said Akpugo as he moved closer to Nosike, drag the twins and stabbed them to death, after that he threw them inside the river and ran away, the three cried out bitterly, it all seems like horror to them watching as their twins were been stabbed to death. The news reached the outskirt of the village; some felt pity for them while others laughed over it as they see it as tradition.
One year later, Mrs Nosike Agbadi delivered a beautiful bouncing baby boy called ifeanyi, he such a handsome and a fair boy, the family rejoiced over the birth of their son.
Mr. colonel, a Whiteman, a missionary, a catholic had come to settle in the village, he was a missionary who was on a mission to bring Christianity as well as growth and development in the community, Mr. colonel had noticed some negative impacts on the village, their traditions were so primitive, majority of the villagers were illiterate, they do not know how to read and write.
Few days later, a group of 15 white missionaries visited the village, they purchased five pieces of land which were meant for schools, church and recreation centre, it took them long to build these and it finally came to completion, it took people of Agadi 3 years to adapt to the british culture as most of them could lead and write, "ofia ojo" meaning evil forest were cleared and more schools were built, most of their evil cultures had been banned though they had been a catastrophe between the white and the community but the white were gaining more support because the some of the villagers never love the tradition including the killing of twins and that was how Agunsi village was developed
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