SHOCK: 7 Members of Ogbonnaya's Family Run Mad

Unbelievable story of Mr Ogbonnaya Ani who has 7
members of his family insane. He hails from Umuose
Urobo in the Uburu area of Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi
State. The Ani family is being ravaged by the spirit of
madness.
Ogbonnaya Ani's elder brother's daughter is mentally
challenged. His younger brother's son is in the same
condition. Three of his own children, a male and two
females, are equally afflicted. His daughter-in-law is not
left out. So, there are six mentally ill persons in the family
and, perhaps, still counting. Worst still, one of Ani's
mentally challenged daughters is heavily pregnant and no
one seems to know who impregnated her...
And before his first wife died, she exhibited some signs of
madness.
Recently, Mr Ogbonnaya told the stranger than fiction
story. There is no doubt that the madness ravaging his
immediate and nuclear families have left its toll on the old
man. Sadness is evident in his sunken eyes. He looked frail
and his voice quakes in palpable agony as he spoke. But for
the magnanimity of a relation, Mr Ani and his household
would not have had a place to lay their heads. This is
because his mentally challenged son, Igwe Ani, alias Martin
Martin, set his house ablaze. And before help could come,
the structure had been reduced to ashes.
So, currently, Ogbonnaya and his family are squatters
somewhere in Uburu, Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi State.
When the reporter visited the family last Wednesday,
Ozieme, his beautiful but insane daughter, was hanging
around. With her tummy protruding as a result of advanced
pregnancy, she looked vacantly into space, perhaps unaware
of her environment and condition. A few times she smiled
and muttered to herself. When asked to pose for a
photograph, Ozieme obliged.
"This place we are is not my house," Ogbonnaya began.
"My place is further up, after Oriebe. I relocated to this
place because of the problem that I'm facing. I had a small
mud house and I made it good enough for people to stay in
before the problem started through my son, Igwe. It first
started with Igwe and his sister, Ozieme joined later. While
Igwe's problem started at home, Ozieme's started from
outside the community. When she travelled and returned,
she began to behave abnormally."
In an agony laden voice, Ogbonnaya continued: "I don't
know how it started but we suspected or thought that Igwe
joined his mates to smoke all sorts of things. I cautioned
him to stop it if he was indulging in such act but there was
no difference. We used to beat him to stop smoking to
know if he would but to no avail. He started manifesting
madness about eight years ago. He was still in primary
school when it started; he was in Primary Four when he
broke loose. Because of the problem, he couldn't continue
with his education. I cannot really say if he brought it upon
himself by smoking certain substances or it is a problem
destined to come".
He said that the problem reached a crescendo when Igwe
burnt down his house. "He used to pack all sorts of rubbish
and dump in the house. It was impossible to chase him out
of the house because he used to wield cutlasses and wood,
threatening to harm anyone who gets close to him. At a
point, he had outgrown everybody. On a certain day, he set
the house ablaze and before people could come to fight the
fire, things had got out of hand. That was how the building
containing two rooms, a parlour and big verandah were
razed down. Thereafter, we became homeless, so I brought
my wife and kids to stay in a relation's place. That was
how we relocated."
Ani said that his daughter was okay until a certain man
from Nsukka in Enugu State came to seek her hand in
marriage. According to him, the man eloped with the girl,
adding that by the time she returned home, she had lost her
mind even as she nursed a baby.
His words: "In the case of Ozieme, there was a time she
travelled to Enugu to stay with her brother. There she
started a relationship with one man from Nsukka and they
agreed to marry. She brought the man home and introduced
him to us. After meeting with us, the man said that he was
going to prepare and come back for the formalization of the
relationship. She insisted on going with the man; we asked
her to wait for the man to go and come but she refused. We
didn't see the man again.
"When she was coming back, she came with a baby and
started behaving in a manner we could not understand. We
tried all we could to deal with the situation but to no avail.
This thing happened about five years ago and we have not
set eyes on the man ever since. She didn't have the
soundness of mind to breastfeed and properly care for the
baby and she died. Right now, she is heavily pregnant, she
will be putting to bed anytime and we do not know who is
responsible for the pregnancy.
"Again, another of my daughter who is married and a
seamstress is also behaving abnormally.
"I cannot explain how this problem came into the family.
From our parents, we did not experience any such thing. It
did not happen to my eldest brother, who had died."
Source: The Sun