Any Anambarian Heard Of A Strange Stream Where Women In Menstruation Are Forbidden From Fetching Water Or Go Mad, Barren For Violating Rules?

The people of Achina community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State have called on the Anambra State government to urgently come to their rescue over scarcity of potable water.

The only source of water available to the residents is the Ezeokoro Stream, which has 245 steps going deep down the valley.

For the people of Achina, it is literally easier for the camel to go through the biblical eye of the needle than to access the stream.

At first, the curvy steps are very strenuous and dangerous to climb for the natives who queue up in order to take turns to fetch water from the stream. Also, ancient cultural ordinances pose great barrier and danger to the women.

The rules, according to the residents, who spoke to Oriental News, must be observed by the women fetching the water otherwise they stand the high risk of going insane or losing their fertility.

They said that several women in the past had gone mad and some of them barren for disobeying the tradition, which could be atoned.

They said that this was because the stream is under the powerful influence of a male deity called Ezeokoro.

Therefore, the people are appealing to the Anambra State government to rehabilitate the stream, as well as sink boreholes in their community.

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