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ANAMBRA: Residents of Igboukwu community flee over imported shrine
A shrine reported to have been imported from Umueri community, in Anambra East Local Government Area, has scared away residents of Umuechefu Obiuno quarters, in Igboukwu community, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to reports, the shrine named ‘Iyioji Ogbu’ is on a genocide mission to the area, forcing residents to flee the quiet community in droves for fear that they might be consumed by the spell of the shrine.
Sources say the shrine was erected in the family compound of two siblings over their alleged indebtedness of N10 million worth of goods as the people who brought the shrine had approached it to kill the debtors, their families and others who benefit from them.
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Before the shrine was planted in the compound of the pair, they were both reportedly invited by the chief priest to the shrine at Umueri with N5,000 delivery service cost and a crate of beer to come and defend themselves on the said debt allegation, but they failed to appear claiming there was no such debt owed.
For this, the accusers took the shrine to their family compound on March 18, 2017, which has continued to cause uncertainty, tension and fear.
Consequently, residents were said to have started fleeing in droves, which made the siblings to petition the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sam Okaula, through their counsel, Barr. Muoneke Eliseus Kanayo, pleading that the man who took them to the shrine, the chief priest and his errand boys should be arrested and prosecuted.
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