Residents of Gblapleu, a village near Guiglo in the Cavally region of Ivory Coast, are facing an adultery case. A teacher named Michelkro from the EPP school is accused of having an affair with the wife of a rubber tree plantation owner.
According to the instructions from his school, the teacher was supposed to work at the EPP Michelkro. However, during a walk with a friend he coincidentally met in a bar, the teacher decided on his own to settle permanently in Gblapleu in the “Behind the Water” neighborhood.
According to lepointsur.com, he chose to commute daily between Gblapleu and Michelkro, bearing all the financial consequences. Moreover, he found affordable accommodation in the “Behind the Water” neighborhood near a young farmer. Being neighbors, the two families had a friendly, almost merged relationship. Besides the two couples, their wives frequently met, forming a close bond and easily exchanging secrets.
Teacher K and Y., the rubber plantation owner’s wife, then decided to engage in an unfortunate affair. The teacher exploited his relationship with the neighbor’s wife, while Y. engaged with the husband of her confidante. They ended up betraying M., the teacher’s wife, and C-Z, the rubber plantation owner, due to their blind trust.
The idyllic energy overcame caution thanks to the teacher’s initiative. The rubber plantation owner’s wife received a mobile phone with a SIM card to help plan their secret rendezvous. The poor rubber plantation owner, slightly more educated than his wife, began discreetly monitoring her and noticed the behavioral changes she was developing. On the day of Ramadan, his suspicions were confirmed.
During the holiday, the rubber plantation owner’s wife and the teacher secretly met in the rubber plantation owner’s shower, seeking to shield themselves from curious and disturbing looks. Betrayed, the rubber plantation owner caught the two lovers in the act of adultery in the shower. Before willingly leaving for his assigned location, the Michelkro village, which was considered distant from Guiglo, the teacher, a repeat offender in this regard, made an effort to apologize.
Furthermore, he didn’t even bother to greet either his neighbor, the rubber plantation owner, or his fellow colleagues in the neighborhood. Since then, this matter continues to provoke debates among the different communities of Gblapleu and Michelkro.
