Nigerian man marries biological sister and supports it with Bible verses

A man named Chiadi Ezeibekwe, a mathematics teacher, has married his younger sister who is 17 years old.

Ezeibekwe who works in a secondary school in the Aguata local government area of Anambra state said, God “sanctioned” his marriage to his sister. Among the Igbo, such marriage is viewed as an abomination.

Appalled by the marriage, the youth reportedly burned down the church where brother and sister were joined.

The Sabbath church was located in the teacher’s compound.

Speaking with Vanguard the teacher who is the sixth of 10 children said,

“I am a Sabbatharian and in searching through the scriptures, I discovered that one could marry his sibling. So, we went ahead with the arrangement to marry my younger sister.

“As I said, I am a Sabbatharian, I am a Christian that observes Sabbath and in the process of searching through the scripture we discovered that it is possible to marry your relative, your blood relative, your cousin, uncle, your sister, and on account of that we went on. Then people started hearing about it and that was the uproar and everything, so I married my younger sister.

“We are not really wedded in the church. It wasn’t true that we wedded in the church; we are just a family gathering here. Every Sabbath we observe Sabbath, we don’t do any other thing, we are just a family. There is a church that was here before, but we are no more with them; they have found a place and stayed there and we are now on our own, we just observe Sabbath on Sabbath days.

“God told me to marry my sister and she also saw same vision. There are places in the Bible that support such marriage.

Those in doubt should read Songs of Solomon chapters 4 and 5 and 1st Corinthians Chapter 7. “Since we took this decision, I have not felt anything unusual, or felt that I did anything wrong.

In the school where I teach, many people ask me about it and I boldly refer them to the Bible. “Besides, by marrying one’s sibling, there will not be the possibility of introducing ugly situations, like diseases or social vices into the family.”

However, the Traditional Prime Minister of Ekwulobia, Chief Gabriel Ezechukwu, said that people in the village reported the abnormality to him and he stopped the villagers from their earlier intention of reporting to the police or administering jungle justice on Chiadikobi and the sister.

His words: “I went to the family and met Luisco, his wife and the children. I did not see the young boy in question. I invited members of the family to my house and interviewed their father. He told me that he was previously in support but he had withdrawn his support.

“I invited them again where members of the cabinet were present and we met for some days until the children admitted that they committed atrocity and started showing remorse. We told them that we would have to consult the authorities of the church to find out the best way to purify the land.

“Before going to the church I sent the girl to a renowned doctor for pregnancy test and the test proved negative. On Wednesday, we went to the Parish Priest after the 5am mass and told him all that happened. He fixed a date, March 17, for him to dissolve the so-called marriage and purify the land in the Christian way.”