The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has approved a vote prohibiting all sorts of spiritual crusades aiming at community cleansing and the extermination of witches and wizards by self-proclaimed prophets of God.
The prohibition was imposed at a plenary session at the Assembly’s compound on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the Assembly’s Public Relations Officer, Sylvester Egede, and made available to journalists, the deliberation was preceded by an earlier report on the interference with community peace and disruption of public activities caused by Prophet Ubadimma’s Christian crusade in the Izzi Council Area.
He said:
“The report has it that an undisclosed amount of money, four residential buildings, properties worth millions of naira and other valuable items belonging to Chief John Ekpono and his three wives of Aghara-Oza village, Ndiebor Ezza Inyimagu in Izzi LGA of the state, were completely destroyed by the youths of the community following the inciteful accusation of the victim by prophet Ubadimma and his cohort.
“He accused them of using wizard and witchcraft powers to tie the destinies of the community youths, hence, their inability to make meaningful progress despite their effort.”
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