Pastor Must Offer Sacrifices For Killing
Snake – Anambra Community
An altercation has ensued between members of the
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and Umuoji
community in Idemili North Local Government Area
of Anambra State over the killing of a snake in the
community by the Overseer of the Mercy Throne
Assembly, Umuoji, Rev Jude Chubueze.
The community believes Chibueze had desecrated
the land by killing the snake, as snake killing in the
area is a taboo, and they had gone ahead to seal his
church with palm fronds.
The matter has been taken to the Anambra State
Police command which is trying to mediate between
the two parties to avoid a breakdown of law and
order, and assure a peaceful resolution to it.
Reacting on the issue, members of PFN under the
aegis of Umuoji Gospel Ministries Fellowship led by
Pastor Celestine Ekpunobi, yesterday, described the
tradition that forbids the killing of snake as barbaric,
adding that such law should only concern the
pagans.
Rev Chibueze said a snake stormed his house at
night when members of his family were already
sleeping. He said he heard his children screaming
and rushed there to find a snake where his children
had been sleeping.
“When I got to their room, I saw a big snake lying
with them and I had to kill it and threw it into the
nearby bush. The following day, some community
members marched to my house and accused me of
killing their god. They beat me up mercilessly.
“They wrote a list of items amounting to N54,890
which they said I should buy to appease their god.
Being a Christian, I told them that it is against my
faith and more over, I killed a snake and not a
human being.”
One of the community leaders, Chief Paul Edekobi
said, instead of the pastor doing what he earlier
agreed to do with the community by providing the
items, he dragged them to Ogidi Police Station
where six of the community leaders were arrested.
The Chief threatened that what he did was capable
of wiping out his entire family if sacrifices were not
made to appease the gods.
“We do not want to destroy his property and that is
why we used the palm fronts to tie round the
church to stop him from worshipping there for
now,” Edekobi said.
But the pastor said: “What they are talking about is
not tradition; they see the killing of a snake as a
taboo in their world of idol worshipping and not
same in Christian faith
“If they do not desist from this act, our next port of
call will be the court for the enforcement of our
fundamental human rights.”Pastor Must Offer Sacrifices For Killing
Snake – Anambra Community
An altercation has ensued between members of the
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and Umuoji
community in Idemili North Local Government Area
of Anambra State over the killing of a snake in the
community by the Overseer of the Mercy Throne
Assembly, Umuoji, Rev Jude Chubueze.
The community believes Chibueze had desecrated
the land by killing the snake, as snake killing in the
area is a taboo, and they had gone ahead to seal his
church with palm fronds.
The matter has been taken to the Anambra State
Police command which is trying to mediate between
the two parties to avoid a breakdown of law and
order, and assure a peaceful resolution to it.
Reacting on the issue, members of PFN under the
aegis of Umuoji Gospel Ministries Fellowship led by
Pastor Celestine Ekpunobi, yesterday, described the
tradition that forbids the killing of snake as barbaric,
adding that such law should only concern the
pagans.
Rev Chibueze said a snake stormed his house at
night when members of his family were already
sleeping. He said he heard his children screaming
and rushed there to find a snake where his children
had been sleeping.
“When I got to their room, I saw a big snake lying
with them and I had to kill it and threw it into the
nearby bush. The following day, some community
members marched to my house and accused me of
killing their god. They beat me up mercilessly.
“They wrote a list of items amounting to N54,890
which they said I should buy to appease their god.
Being a Christian, I told them that it is against my
faith and more over, I killed a snake and not a
human being.”
One of the community leaders, Chief Paul Edekobi
said, instead of the pastor doing what he earlier
agreed to do with the community by providing the
items, he dragged them to Ogidi Police Station
where six of the community leaders were arrested.
The Chief threatened that what he did was capable
of wiping out his entire family if sacrifices were not
made to appease the gods.
“We do not want to destroy his property and that is
why we used the palm fronts to tie round the
church to stop him from worshipping there for
now,” Edekobi said.
But the pastor said: “What they are talking about is
not tradition; they see the killing of a snake as a
taboo in their world of idol worshipping and not
same in Christian faith
“If they do not desist from this act, our next port of
call will be the court for the enforcement of our
fundamental human rights.”Pastor Must Offer Sacrifices For Killing
Snake – Anambra Community
An altercation has ensued between members of the
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and Umuoji
community in Idemili North Local Government Area
of Anambra State over the killing of a snake in the
community by the Overseer of the Mercy Throne
Assembly, Umuoji, Rev Jude Chubueze.
The community believes Chibueze had desecrated
the land by killing the snake, as snake killing in the
area is a taboo, and they had gone ahead to seal his
church with palm fronds.
The matter has been taken to the Anambra State
Police command which is trying to mediate between
the two parties to avoid a breakdown of law and
order, and assure a peaceful resolution to it.
Reacting on the issue, members of PFN under the
aegis of Umuoji Gospel Ministries Fellowship led by
Pastor Celestine Ekpunobi, yesterday, described the
tradition that forbids the killing of snake as barbaric,
adding that such law should only concern the
pagans.
Rev Chibueze said a snake stormed his house at
night when members of his family were already
sleeping. He said he heard his children screaming
and rushed there to find a snake where his children
had been sleeping.
“When I got to their room, I saw a big snake lying
with them and I had to kill it and threw it into the
nearby bush. The following day, some community
members marched to my house and accused me of
killing their god. They beat me up mercilessly.
“They wrote a list of items amounting to N54,890
which they said I should buy to appease their god.
Being a Christian, I told them that it is against my
faith and more over, I killed a snake and not a
human being.”
One of the community leaders, Chief Paul Edekobi
said, instead of the pastor doing what he earlier
agreed to do with the community by providing the
items, he dragged them to Ogidi Police Station
where six of the community leaders were arrested.
The Chief threatened that what he did was capable
of wiping out his entire family if sacrifices were not
made to appease the gods.
“We do not want to destroy his property and that is
why we used the palm fronts to tie round the
church to stop him from worshipping there for
now,” Edekobi said.
But the pastor said: “What they are talking about is
not tradition; they see the killing of a snake as a
taboo in their world of idol worshipping and not
same in Christian faith
“If they do not desist from this act, our next port of
call will be the court for the enforcement of our
fundamental human rights.”