Witchery blamed for sterility
NZPA-AFP Lagos More than 800 terrified Nigerians had fled from a town in the centre of the country for fear that witchcraft would make them impotent or barren, the national news agency, Nan, reported yesterday. The scare, which appeared to have been going on for some time, was occurring in the town of Akwanga, in the state of Plateau. Danda Jangdung told the news agency he had fled from the town to nearby Jos, the state’s capital, because the witchcraft had rendered many
men impotent and made married women barren. The witchcraft scare and exodus, which is being investigated by the police, began last year after an unspecified number of suspected witches and wizards exchanged their children as “sacrificial meat,” according to Mr Jangdung. On January 3 three women who reportedly confessed to witchcraft and were said to have given out their children for rituals were each sentenced by a local court to nine months in jail or a 150-naira ($292) fine.
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Press, 7 February 1986, Page 7
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