…Says They Must Take What Belong To Them, else…By Ekponwosa Joelson
The family of Late Mr. Otu of No. 10, Agbor Street, Benin City, Edo State, are currently living in fear over what they described as strange and surprising to them few years after the demise of their father, Late Mr. Otu in 2016.
According to his family, no one was aware if their late father, Mr.Otu was a member of the Ogboni confraternity cult group until after his death.
“We didn’t know anything about his membership of the said occult group nor are we aware that he has used his first son, Paul Otu, as a replacement after his death”.
Trouble started when Mr. Paul Otu was invited by the Ogboni confraternity to get prepare for the rituals that will precede his initiation into the fetish occult group, but being alien to what they were demanding, Mr. Paul told them that he was not part of their fetish practices as he is he is a christian, believer and a child of God.
Narrating his ordeal to Journalists, Mr. Paul Otu, noted that it seems his response didn’t go down well with them (Ogboni cult group) as they kept coming to their compound consistently in a very frightening and horrifying manner.
” It got to a time that they started coming to the compound and making different incantations and rituals. They even came in one of the nights and demanded from mum that she should produced or they invoke my soul. It is frightening and horrible each time they appeared and the calibres of people that always accompany, always put my life at risk”.
According to Mr. Paul who was panting over his terrific experience of what he saw and transpired, told Journalists that, “I never knew anything about any occultic group that my late father belong, but it was after his demise that some group of persons showed up that they wanted to see the remains of my father in the morgue. That was were the first trouble started when my mum and i refused because they were not known to us and the family.
“On the day of the funeral, they almost disrupt the event when they claimed the corpse must be carried by the Ogboni confraternity cult group. It was a big problem, but it was my Pastor that intervened by saying, it doesn’t matter who carried the corpse, but were God said he will be, there he will be.
“We thought that was all, until they came back in full force with threat to my life as they placed options before me that it is either I cooperate with them or I lose my life. They insisted I must come and replace my father and takeover his chair. But i cannot and i will not join them because it is against my faith as a Christian.
” Even when i left the compound and the area, the traced me to were i was and boasted that i cannot hide anywhere in Nigeria as their members are spread across the country, he narrated further
“I am a Christian and well known in my Church. In fact all of us are Christians and I cannot fathom how my dad became a member of these evil occult that want me to come and share human blood, I won’t succumb to that except they kill me which I will not succumb to because I am a young man.
“I am calling on the ,Nigeria Government and the general public to come my family rescue as my mother is also affected in this matter”.
Contacted, a member of the family who does not want his name in print said,
“Though we were not aware that our brother was a member of the Ogboni occult, but, we use to hear it that once one is their member, he must replace himself with his eldest son before he dies. I don’t really know why he joined and now giving us problem here.
“Now they are compelling the young man who does not know anything to come and join what he does not believe, we are really really in trouble and I know God will help him and his mother”.
Presently, the family are running from one place to another for the fear of the unknown, and if rescue fails to come their way, things may get out of hands and it is the eldest son, Mr. Paul Otu that will face the consequences.
He is appealing to the general public, the government to intervened and allow the family to have their peace.