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Land grabbers beat up prayer warriors for invoking ‘holy ghost fire’

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8 years ago

August 2, 2016

A clergyman identified as Kenechukwu Nebeolisa and some prayer warriors were given the beating of their lives when a group of armed youths stormed a prayer ground in Umudioka, Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra State seeking revenge after alleging that the prayer warriors invoked the wrath of God on them.

Reports say Nebeolisa had invited a group of prayer warriors to stage a prayer session to ward off all forms of evil acts such as land-grabbing, intimidation, harassment, robbery and thug activities in the community.

Sources say that it was in the middle of the prayer session that the assailants struck beating everyone in sight to a pulp while Nebeolisa was beaten into a coma and later revived.

Recounting his ordeal, Nebeolisa said; “They said I did not take permission from them before inviting the prayer warriors to curse them; that as those in charge of the youths in Ezi-Awka, I must take permission from them.

“Those youths have been going about extorting money, beating up people and taking over their land. The last time they met me at Aguoye Hills, they beat the hell out of me. I reported the case to the Chairman and the Secretary of Ezi-Awka Youth Assembly and also to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for necessary action.”

Commenting on the incident, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, the Chairman of the Ezi- Awka Town Assembly said: “I have received several reports against the clandestine activities of the group, who even claim in the media sometime to be the elected executive of the Ezi-Awka Youth Assembly.

“During the recent celebration of Imoka, the same group stormed the arena and robbed, destroyed canopies and items meant for the occasion. They injured many.

“A town crier, Mr. Ozoanadimkanyi, was brutally beaten up, his house ransacked and his tenants robbed by the land-grabbers. “Unless security operatives arrest them, they will continue to commit all kinds of crimes in the community.”

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