62-Year-Old Civil Servant Paraded And Accused Of Practicing Witchcraft

The Egbeijes have been thrown into disarray after their father, Egbejie James Egbejie, 62, was accused of witchcraft by community members.

According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday, June 17, in Odajie-Mbube, Ogoja, Cross River State. According to a source, James, the Civil Servant who works at the Ogoja local government secretariat, has faced several witchcraft accusations from his community after the woman to whom he sold land became ill.

“This started around May when my dad gave out a piece of farmland to his younger sister (my aunt) to farm for over 18 years now. She fell ill months ago and then, boom, one day, her granddaughter came to the market and started confessing that my dad initiated her into witchcraft and is responsible for her grandma’s ill-health.

My dad didn’t take it seriously and thought it was just a flimsy accusation until the villagers took it seriously and started consulting one herbalist after another and kept coming back to inform my dad that it was his image that was seen during such consultations.

My Dad asked them to stab his image when they next visited the herbalists, but things changed for the worse when my uncles came back and started saying my Dad was also responsible for the death of my cousin who died of cancer.

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They accused him of burying a charm on the farmland, and he told them to invite the herbalist to dig out the charm. The herbalist came on Sunday whilst we were in church and the charm was dug out from the farmland. The irate villagers threatened to burn down our house and banish my father. We reported to the police but they haven’t taken any action to prevent the villagers from killing my dad, who is innocent of all these accusations.

Please, I need the state government to assist us as this isn’t the first time my dad is giving out a plot of land,” the source said.