More than 100 graves robbed in Benin for voodoo rituals


COTONOU (Reuters) – Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin since Saturday for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade in human organs and skulls for voodoo ritual fetishes.

The incident is the most serious case of grave-robbing in the West African state, the world capital of voodoo where most of the country’s 9 million residents practice a benign form of the official religion.

Authorities in Dangbo, a village 10 km (6 miles) from the capital Porto-Novo, began an investigation after a mason working at the cemetery said he spotted several masked men digging up the graves, from which organs and skulls were removed.

“The desecration of graves is about money in this region,” said Joseph Afaton, director of the cemetery. “It is for sacrifices, or for bewitching.”

Body parts of humans and rare animals are prized by some people in central Africa for their supposed supernatural powers, and are used in occult ceremonies. Traffickers often obtain human remains from grave robbers, but a recent spate of killings has also been linked to the gruesome trade.

Authorities in Cameroon in September arrested five people suspected of trafficking human body parts after they were discovered at a checkpoint carrying a severed human head.

(Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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In this day and age?

Africa is doomed

benin boys aint smilin....bugatti ooo

Ritualist everywhere

@OP, add republic to the Benin so that people dont confuse it with Benin City

wonders shall never end

For a lack of knowledge..

Why not allow those corpses sleep well in their rooms? After d whole suffer dey don suffer 4 dir life.

boys are not smiling.benin city for dat mata.delta boy hve better tinz to do dan look for dead bodies parts.fg i beg mak ona fyn work giv all dose boys.

nairalady: wonders shall never end

Who be this one

i think say na benin city dis 1 for happen ooo.i beg edo boys mak ona nor vex.

This one of the basic cause why Africa is still under-developed, most persons don't want to think and work hard, instead, they would resort to st.upid, fruitless, retrogressive, redundant ways to their doom. "He who must destroy to succeed, will definitely have destruction at the post of his or her success"

Dis writer mess up, which one of Benin? Benin naija or Benin republic.

mike 404 hw u dey?

mustapha na benin republic nor be benin city o.point of correction nairalander is not benin city but is benin republic.but i kno say e nor reac edo boys do sha.because smile nor dey their face.

pDude:

What does this dot mean?

oga pack wel...

BRAKING THE BONES OF THE DEATHS IS LIKE BRAKING THEIR BONES WHEN THEY WERE ALIVE...TO BE SINCERE WITH OURSELVES, THE MOST WORST PEOPLE IN NIGERIA ARE THE SOUTH-EAST AND SOUTH-SOUTH, WHY! BECAUSE THEY LACK A-TAWHEED...

REPUBLIC OF BENIN; COTONOU, I almost got it twisted, dis one na yeye news

. . . and people would still blame this on the white men. Smh . . .

webaplanet: More than 100 graves robbed in Benin for voodoo rituals


COTONOU (Reuters) – Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin since Saturday for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade in human organs and skulls for voodoo ritual fetishes.

The incident is the most serious case of grave-robbing in the West African state, the world capital of voodoo where most of the country’s 9 million residents practice a benign form of the official religion.

Authorities in Dangbo, a village 10 km (6 miles) from the capital Porto-Novo, began an investigation after a mason working at the cemetery said he spotted several masked men digging up the graves, from which organs and skulls were removed.

“The desecration of graves is about money in this region,” said Joseph Afaton, director of the cemetery. “It is for sacrifices, or for bewitching.”

Body parts of humans and rare animals are prized by some people in central Africa for their supposed supernatural powers, and are used in occult ceremonies. Traffickers often obtain human remains from grave robbers, but a recent spate of killings has also been linked to the gruesome trade.

Authorities in Cameroon in September arrested five people suspected of trafficking human body parts after they were discovered at a checkpoint carrying a severed human head.

(Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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what is wrong with black people?

[size=16pt]I AM SURE THE HUMAN SKELETONS, WHEN ALIVE MUSTVE BEEN PRACTICING VODUN IN THEIR LIFETIME! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG HERE! THE SKELETONS ARE BEING USED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES TO FUEL THE GROWING VODUN RELIGION IN BENIN & TOGO! THE GODS BLESS THESE PEOPLE! ASE! ASE! ASE![/size]

[size=16pt]MAY VODUN FOREVER BE ALIVE ACROSS BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, NIGERIA, etc![/size]

This is indeed a dark continent

also the grave diggers are doing a god job. what with so less space available, they are doing good by clearing old graves which can be used for other more useful purposes.

Abyjah: .

it seems your life is empty. Senseless.

PAGAN 9JA:
[size=16pt]I AM SURE THE HUMAN SKELETONS, WHEN ALIVE MUSTVE BEEN PRACTICING VODUN IN THEIR LIFETIME! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG HERE! THE SKELETONS ARE BEING USED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES TO FUEL THE GROWING VODUN RELIGION IN BENIN & TOGO! THE GODS BLESS THESE PEOPLE! ASE! ASE! ASE![/size]

[size=16pt]MAY VODUN FOREVER BE ALIVE ACROSS BENIN, TOGO, GHANA, NIGERIA, etc![/size]

Oga Pagan, go back and read the article. How do the explain this:

webaplanet: Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin since Saturday for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade in human organs and skulls for voodoo ritual fetishes.

“The desecration of graves is about money in this region,” said Joseph Afaton, director of the cemetery. “It is for sacrifices, or for bewitching.”

Body parts of humans and rare animals are prized by some people in central Africa for their supposed supernatural powers, and are used in occult ceremonies.

Traffickers often obtain human remains from grave robbers, but a recent spate of killings has also been linked to the gruesome trade.

Tell me how Africa will progress when some people believe they can get rich by sacrificing someone else's life.

mascot5: boys are not smiling.[b]benin city [/b]for dat mata.delta boy hve better tinz to do dan look for dead bodies parts.fg i beg mak ona fyn work giv all dose boys.

Did you read the post at all?

hmmmmm

HNosegbe:

Oga Pagan, go back and read the article. How do the explain this:



Tell me how Africa will progress when some people believe they can get rich by sacrificing someone else's life.

1. Oga you go read it yoursef! SACRIFICING SOMEONES LIFE?!!! WHY ARE YOU TWISTING THE FACTS! you must be brainwashed by your mumu church. there was no one sacrificed here. these are parts taken from dead skeletons from graves. dont you know that even medical institutions rob graves to take skeletons for medical research and teaching. anyone who is a doctor here will know what i am talking about. you are supposed to disect dead human bodies stolen from graves for your MBBS degree.

2. this is just speculation by some non-Vodun / anti-Pagan elements in society. they are just speculating and trying to give Vodun a bad name.

3. the bones are from DEAD bodies/skeletons. what ddoes it matter if some youths want to make some quick bucks from a good purpose. aso the souls of these bones will be appeased by the good acts they are put into , in the groves. it is all an act of balancing of forces for the goodwill of the community.

4. many of these youths are unemployed, so what does it matter if they want to make a quick buck through such harmless activities.

5. How will this make Africa backward THIS IS OUR RELIGION. what makes Africa backward are useless tithe collecting pastors, private jet churchmen, homosexu.al xtian pastors, anti-cultural and genocidal religious institutions, promotion of foreign religions, boko haram and all these useless stuffs, etc.

binger: This is indeed a dark continent

Blackest of darkness

PAGAN 9JA:



1. this is just speculation by some non-Vodun / anti-Pagan elements in society. they are just speculating and trying to give Vodun a bad name.

2. the bones are from DEAD bodies/skeletons. what ddoes it matter if some youths want to make some quick bucks from a good purpose. aso the souls of these bones will be appeased by the good acts they are put into , in the groves. it is all an act of balancing of forces for the goodwill of the community.

3. many of these youths are unemployed, so what does it matter if they want to make a quick buck through such harmless activities.

4. How will this make Africa backward THIS IS OUR RELIGION. what makes Africa backward are useless tithe collecting pastors, private jet churchmen, homosexu.al xtian pastors, anti-cultural and genocidal religious institutions, promotion of foreign religions, boko haram and all these useless stuffs, etc.

Bros nawaaa
Only ur username can tell.

When shall we called evil evil, when shall we stop deceiving ourselves.