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Umuofia had requested a young man and a virgin as compensation. Ikemefuna was chosen as the young man by Mbaino.

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The village of Mbaino sent Ikemefuna to Umuofia as a peace offering to avoid war between the two villages. Ikemefuna was given to Umuofia as compensation for the murder of a woman from Umuofia by a man from Mbaino.

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