Ikenna and Judith live in the same village and are childhood sweethearts. They are split up physically for the first time when Ikenna follows Judith’s aunt to Lagos to go and make some money. Judith’s mother is happy that he has gone as she has a long standing feud with his mother. In his absence she tries to put her daughter off Ikennaby telling her that she has been abandoned and trying to encourage her to see other men. In one scene Judith is outside crying over Ikenna’s absence and her mother comes outside and says to her,

“You will not eat. You are outside crying… you need flesh for the suitors that are coming.”

I am assuming that this line was in the script before casting and not amended to fit Chinda. How would someone that is built like a brick house “need flesh”? That line made me laugh.

After not making enough money in Lagos Ikenna returns to the village to tell his sweetheart that he’ll be travelling abroad on business for a few months. They have an emotional reunion and Judith is distraught. Matters are not helped by her mother who declares Ikenna banished from their compound, as he has left behind no money to support her daughter.