Two widows, Mrs Martina Osom and Mrs Rose Akon were on Saturday tormented to death by adolescents in Ebbaken people community, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State over black magic claim.

An observer, a child inlaw to one of the widows, said that the two ladies were getting back from early morning supplications when the young people greeted them, blaming them for initiating an individual from the local area into black magic.

They met my mom inlaw inside the congregation climate, as it was her custom to weed and tidy up the congregation area each Saturday following the morning mass. Continue reading https://www.247updates.info/2022/09/youths-torment-two-widows-to-death-over.html

Abia Calabar and Akwaibom ..

God help age women and mothers in these states.. more .. the children.

If your mama still dey this states .. you’re on you’re own

To some people from Calabar and Akwa Ibom, it's a taboo to grow old.

They blame all their frustrations on their aged family members.
A lot of them will not like to get skilled at their young ages. They prefer to be maids etc, and at their later age, they will look for who to blame if they are poor.

So, Mary Slessors effort in Cross Rivers was absolutely in vain
Barbaric act and ancient belief still continues in this modern age.
Despite civilisation and religious expansion.
God will deliver them o

Just imagine! In this 21st century, some people are still tormenting others physically on the claim that they are witches. Many blame their problems on witchcraft and the so called "village people" when they're actually their own problems coupled with the fact that the times are hard economically.