Once upon a time in the land of Lorji, lived a polygamous
family of a great hunter, whose name is Ojinta, but popularly called Oji the
hunter by the entire villagers, His quest for a son had led him to marry more wives
than he bargained for, he had eight wives in all, each he married in pursuit of
a male child, but the more he tried, the more he failed. Out of annoyance he
decided not to marry any other wife against the advice of his kinsmen to marry
one more wife.
Determined to get a son, he summoned all his wives one rainy
morning and promised to give half of all his wealth to any woman who would give
him a male child, already Ojinta had nineteen daughters from his eight wives.
The first wife, Nneka had four girls
before he married Nkem, the second
wife, who gave birth to two female children, then he went to a farther town to
marry Uremma, who delivered just a
daughter, he didn't give up the search for a male child as he further married Adamma, who delivered twins twice,
though they were all female children.