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Last published Mon, Feb 13, 2017
in odugba land there is a strange custom, to prevent infidelity, a woman on her wedding day must bed all the men that had ever asked for her hand in marriage.
demilade and his wife bolade must find a way to shield their last born and only daughter, adeyinka, from this horrific custom.
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