Two lovers in Okija, Anambra State have taken their lives when they could not get married for either of the partner being 'Osu' (outcast).



The lovers who wrote a long letter before drinking a hazardous insecticide, Sniper, wondered if it was a crime to originate from Okija which still practices Osu in a modern society.

'Osu', a cultural aversion which is loosing it's phalanges of restriction and segration, has been abolished in many communities in Igbo land, not mainly as a result of Christianity, but to avert such heart-breaking situations as the case of the two lovers.





Should 'Osu' still exist in Igbo land?

Kindly use the comment section to air your view on this matter.