A provincial governor in north-east Burundi has overturned a mayor’s decision to evict a female resident after others “accused her of taking their husbands.”
A letter signed by Butihinda district mayor Gilbert Ndikumasabo giving the woman 24 hours to leave went viral on social media.
“For such misbehavior aimed at destroying marriages, that woman must leave Butihinda district on April 7, 2023,” the mayor’s letter states.
Some social media users criticized the mayor’s decision, while others praised it, as infidelity and an increase in divorce are currently causing concern among Burundians.
The woman who wrote the letter has not made any public comments.
After the letter was circulated, Muyinga province announced on Twitter that the mayor’s decision had been overturned by the governor for “failure to follow the law.”
Burundi’s first lady recently publicly condemned infidelity and single women for breaking up marriages.
