"I do not want marriage for my daughters" Married mother says as she laments rate of femicide in Nigeria

A mother has said she does not want her daughters to get married. 

Chief Omekannaya Oyinna Ogbonna took to Facebook to make this known after reports emerged that a 24-year-old woman passed away, leaving behind her 1-year-old twins.  

It is not clear what led to the woman's demise but her sister made a post stating that she may never forgive him for ‘making her lose her sister.’

Reacting, Oyinna, who is a titled chief in her hometown, wrote on Facebook: "Igbo marriages oh!!!! I AM TIRED!!!!! The bad news never stops! 

"Women cannot even live to a ripe old age in peace because too many men are destroying them physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally! These men are ENERGY VAMPIRES, draining the very life out of women who entered marriage hoping to build loving families! 

"Yet, when we speak about their behavior, expose their misogyny, and challenge the pathology behind their treatment of women, we are labeled bitter, wicked, and anti-marriage! As though exposing destructive behavior is somehow worse than the behavior itself! 

"Giving men the benefit of the doubt, ignoring red flags, and rushing into marriage have sent far too many women to early graves. And society continues to romanticize marriage while minimizing the suffering of the women trapped in it! 

"I DO NOT WANT MARRIAGE FOR MY DAUGHTERS! I went through too much to bring them into this world, and I will be DAMNED if any man born of a woman thinks he can lay a finger on my beloved daughters, whom I love with every fiber of my existence! 

"I did not fight to give my daughters life just for some man to make their lives miserable or cut them short in the name of marriage! NEVER!!!!"