Nigerian journalist Wisdom Nwedene, using Ebonyi Tradition, explains that Yul Edochie may lose custody of his children if he insists on reclaiming the bride price from his first wife, May Edochie. In the Ebonyi Tradition, it is stated that if a man retrieves the bride price but decides not to continue the marriage, he forfeits custody of the children to the wife. If he opts to end the marriage without reclaiming the bride price, the children remain in his custody.
He wrote:
“Anyone close to Yul Edochie should tell him that in Ebonyi State, once Family members return bride price, the children is no longer his own.”
“And any man that comes to marry May will automatically own his children. That’s the traditional in Ebonyi State and he should trend with caution except he doesn’t want the children he had with may.
Before You Argue Blindly, This Is How It Done Traditional In Ebonyi State Where Yul Edochie Married His First Wife, May From
If the man, that’s Yul Edochie should carry his wife back to her parents house and tell her people that he’s no longer marring again without taking any bride price from them. Then the children will become his, but if he takes the bride price back. The children won’t become his own again.
Because the money is for the replacement of the children. And if another man should pay bride price on May, he will be the owner of Yul Edochie’s children.
Remember, before you argue blindly make inquiries. This is not Court matter.”
