Life After Our Husbands’ Death Is Terrible, Widows Cry Out

By Michael Oche

The plight of widows in Nigeria is pathetic. Many of them are uneducated while others lack the skills to be self-reliant. Most time, the psychological torture that they experience compounds the trauma of their husband’s demise that leads to depression and related health problems. One of the biggest challenge confronting widows in Nigeria is how they are treated by their in-laws. Their in-laws chase their late husbands’ property. Even human rights activists are often helpless because husbands fail to use their wives or children as their next-of-kin. As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International widow’s day, Michael Oche writes on the plight of widows in the country.

Theresa Ogbo hails from Benue State. She has been a widow for the last 15 years. Her experiences all through those years have been harrowing.