Father Dies Over Failure To Release Children For Circumcision
By Our Correspondent For refusing to submit to the age-long cultural practices of Female Genital Mutilation also known as Circumcision, a middle age woman, Mrs Mariam Adeniyi, has been given 21 days ultimatum to present her two daughters for circumcision. The mother of two and her husband Adeolu Adeniyi were threatened with death or total banishment if they disobey the elders and community leaders to carry out the age-long tradition of circumcision on her two daughters Our Correspondent gathered that the family has been having a running battle with the elders in the community and some of their extended family members for refusing to submit her daughters for the circumcision. It was gathered that Mr and Mrs Adeolu Adeniyi ordeal started after giving birth to their twins and the family approached them during a family function to remind the wife of the cultural practices. According to a source, the tradition stipulates that a female child must be circumcised and failure t...