Married To A Thief - S01 E06

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Married To A Thief - S01 E06

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Married to a Thief – Episode Six

People don't like thieves. It is a big problem to be caught stealing in a market. As Ndidi begged and wept in the market, more women gathered around her.

They shouted and rained curses on her. They could not understand why a beautiful young woman, dressed like a queen, would come and steal tomatoes worth only N3,000 naira.

"You have money. Why didn't you just buy it?" The women asked.

One of the women suddenly rushed at her and tore her gown. Another one slapped her. Within minutes, many hands dragged her, tore her gown. Ndidi screamed and struggled to cover herself with her hands, but they did not stop. They shouted, “Thief! Shame on you! Let her be disgraced!”

They began to beat her. Some used their bare hands. Some used sticks. Ndidi cried bitterly.

“Please, forgive me! I will pay! I will pay for all the tomatoes! Please stop beating me! Please have mercy!”

But nobody listened. They were too angry. They felt insulted that a rich woman wanted to disgrace herself. As the beating continued, some men came and suggested that she should be paraded around the market.

Immediately, a basket of tomatoes was forced into her hands.

“Carry it on your head!” they commanded. Ndidi waited, but one woman slapped her hard, and she obeyed in shame.

Ndidi carried the basket of tomatoes on her head. Her face was filled with tears. She staggered as she walked. The women clapped and sang behind her. They sang mocking songs about a rich woman who was secretly a thief.

They shouted, “See her! Beautiful thief! Carry your tomatoes and dance for us!” People gathered, laughing, mocking, and recording the scene with their phones. Ndidi wept uncontrollably. Her voice was broken as she cried, “Please, forgive me! Please, don’t do this to me!” But they refused. They continued parading her from one corner of the market to another.

Finally, after much humiliation, she was dragged to the office of the market leader. The leader sat down, shaking his head slowly. He looked at Ndidi from head to toe.

“Madam. What you have done is a shame. You are too beautiful, too young, and too rich-looking to be stealing tomatoes. But since you want disgrace, today you will see disgrace. However, we don’t allow thief to go free here. You must pay a fine of N500,000 naira.” Ndidi was trembling. She quickly brought out her purse with shaking hands and counted the money. She paid immediately.

After paying, Ndidi thought they would release her quietly. But the market leader refused to let her go.

“No, this matter must be a lesson to others. You must be paraded again so that everybody will know. Nobody should say we allowed you to escape because you are rich. Carry your tomatoes again!” The market leader said.

Ndidi cried louder, but she was forced to obey. Once more, the basket was placed on her head. The women continued their songs. They mocked her more. And as they paraded her the second time, more people used their phones to capture the moment. Videos spread quickly across social media.

Within hours, the videos of Ndidi carrying the basket of tomatoes went viral. People shared it with laughter. Some insulted her in the comments. Some said she was cursed. Some said it was greed. Others said she was sick. Her husband Egwu was in Lagos when one of his business friends forwarded the video to him. Egwu opened it. He could not believe his eyes. His wife was there, her clothes tattered, carrying a basket of tomatoes on her head while market women mocked her. Egwu dropped his phone and held his head in shame.

He was so embarrassed and so pained. He could not even eat. He could not attend his business meeting again. He booked the next available flight back to Abuja. When he arrived home, Ndidi was sitting in the living room, still crying. Her face was swollen. When she saw her husband, she knelt down immediately and said, “My husband, I am sorry. I did it again. I stole tomatoes. The spirit overpowered me and forced me to steal. I could not control it. I did not want to, but I had no choice. Please forgive me again.”

Egwu stood still, looking at his wife. His lips trembled but he refused to say anything. His heart was filled with pain. He wanted to scream. He wanted to beat her. He wanted to throw her out. But he kept quiet.

He just turned his face away from her tears. Finally, he spoke with a very low voice.

“Dress up. We are going out.” He said.

Ndidi was confused.

“Where, my husband? Where are we going?”

He shouted, “Just dress up! Now!”

Ndidi quickly obeyed. She dressed up in silence, trembling with fear. She did not know what her husband was planning to do.

Egwu drove his wife to the church of a powerful prophet known across Abuja. The man was known for exposing hidden things. When they arrived, the prophet looked at Ndidi and smiled faintly. He shook his head.

“Welcome, my children. I know why you are here. You don’t even need to explain. I can see everything. I can see the spirit that is troubling this woman. I can see the hand that is pushing her to disgrace herself and her husband. I can see it clearly. Sit down. Let me tell you what the problem is.”

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