I have always being a skeptic even when I was into religion. I had a turbulent upbringing and my idea about life is that of doubt and suspicion. I never trust anything. When you grow up in rural African, it is almost impossible not to believe in voodoo. Even obtaining a PhD in science related discipline may not help you erase this skewed belief from your brain.

I was in Senior Secondary School 2 at that time. I knew much about the impotence and uselessness of voodoo, I never believed it for a second. Afterall I went through some tutelage in herbal concoction and voodoo in the hands of my maternal grandfather. I knew vodoo was nothing but charade and twist of reality.

The common discussion among we the senior boys then usually centered on girls and voodoo. If it not about how to toast that beautiful classmate of yours, it was about how to use voodoo to pass exams. Such is the life in rural Africa! But I was different. I was only interested in the girls' talk and not the voodoo aspect.

My friends and some family members nicknamed me "Mr science" because I would always find a logical explanation to whatever point they could raise. But a time came that my friends teamed up to "'prove" to me that voodoo was real. So they called me to advertise a man that was unbeatable in voodoo in our village at that time. They challenged me to go for any voodoo of my choice. We arranged to visit the old man. There were varieties of voodoo at his disposal. There was a charm for fighting( Aluwo in Yoruba language), I didn't need that because I hate fighting. There was Memory booster charm(ogun isoye). I didn't need that idea. I was leading the class in every subject. Then there was "touch and follow" (amudo) charm. That was it! That was my choice.

There had been this beautiful girl that I was eyeing but my taciturnity and shyness wouldn't allow me talked to her. So my friends decided I use her for the guinea-pig to prove the potency of the "touch and follow" charm. We went to the voodoo man. After the usual show off and self-praised he handed me the ring which he instructed that I should LovePeddler on my middle finger and touch the woman of my choice. He boasted that anyone I touched, must follow me instantly. We went home. We waited for the right time to see the girl, for we dare not go into their compound. Her father was fire!

The right opportunity came calling when my friend pointed to Bose(I changed her name) coming from the stream with bucket of water on her head. Quickly we rearranged, strategised and manoeuvred. My friends went the other way while I conered her at slim path. "Hello Bose where are you coming from", I managed to utter these words as my heart was already in my mouth. Before she could look back to response, I touched her bottom with the ring as instructed. The humiliation I got next was beyond description. She emptied the water completely on my head immediately accompanied with two fast slaps. My eyes where cleared. I was drenched. I wanted to abscond from the scene but Bose did the worst. She held me and screamed. Almost instantly the people gathered. She narrated how I touched her bottom. That was a great offense!

Well the rest is story. Moma's 7 lashes were not as painful as the jest and laughter coming from my classmates. We went to the voodoo man the evening of the second day to complain how his "medicine" bleeped up. The baba threatened to turn us into chicken. He sent us away. I won anyway.

Although humiliated, but I was able to once again prove to people around me that voodoo does not work. But you need a skeptical and inquisitive mind to find out.

This is just one of the many encounters i have had about the falsehood and deceit in voodoo. And don't ever import the "No true Scotsman Fallacy" into this by telling me that i have never met a real juju man. Don't tell me real juju men don't do fake voodoo. All voodoo are fake.

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Mr man I use to be in your shoe until oyelola show me say juju dey infact apala dey self.

the guy called me to come and make incision on his leg (the hind), I was scared but he assure me nothing dey.

as I make the first incision, my mind shake, couldn't continue so I left na after 1 week, he called me to come again, I was first scared that maybe na another incision, he said no that he want to answer my question (I asked what the incision was for but he no tell me the day I was trying to make it)

Getting to his dad room, he asked me to close the door, and I did and the most magical thing happen.
he faced me and put his left leg in the front of the right and touch the incision on the hind with the incision on the leg thumb and he became invisible at that moment. I was very scared that I made an attempt to run off but before I open the door he came back and laugh.

since dat day I feared him like hell.

so my broda juju voodoo dey no be lie

holatin:

Getting to his dad room, he asked me to close the door, and I did and the most magical thing happen.
he faced me and put his left leg in the front of the right and touch the incision on the hind with the incision on the leg thumb and he became invisible at that moment. I was very scared that I made an attempt to run off but before I open the door he opened it back and laugh.

Can we please meet this your Friend i hope he is not Imaginary i mean his voodoo will be greatly appreciated in the Military and your friend is about to become a billionaire!! do you know how many lives would be saved with a charm like that Soldiers don't have to risk their lives in war again we just send one invisible guy to get the job done and besides they won't have to waste money in building Nuclear weapons that cost billions i mean what a waste of money? when they can get these charms for cheep?

holatin:
Mr man I use to be in your shoe until oyelola show me say juju dey infact apala dey self.

the guy called me to come and make incision on his leg (the hind), I was scared but he assure me nothing dey.

as I make the first incision, my mind shake, couldn't continue so I left na after 1 week, he called me to come again, I was first scared that maybe na another incision, he said no that he want to answer my question (I asked what the incision was for but he no tell me the day I was trying to make it)

Getting to his dad room, he asked me to close the door, and I did and the most magical thing happen.
he faced me and put his left leg in the front of the right and touch the incision on the hind with the incision on the leg thumb and he became invisible at that moment. I was very scared that I made an attempt to run off but before I open the door he opened it back and laugh.

since dat day I feared him like hell.

so my broda juju voodoo dey no be lie

and how are we suppose to believe that, what if it was just a very good conjuring trick?, magicians do it all the time

edicied:

Can we please meet this your Friend i hope he is not Imaginary i mean his voodoo will be greatly appreciated in the Military and your friend is about to become a billionaire!! do you know how many lives would be saved with a charm like that Soldiers don't have to risk their lives in war again we just send one invisible guy to the the job

you are wicked!

**modified**
Those quoting me saying juju is real, why not ask your juju men to seize this opportunity to claim the prize for the proof/evidence of paranormal (under controlled condition) which no one has claimed for decades?

There are over 30 of such prizes on this link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal . Some even worth up to a million dollar.
This is a golden opportunity for all your babalawos and juju men to become rich instead of them collecting chicken change to deceive you people

chemystery:
you are wicked!

Seriously i wonder what people gain from lying

Juju/voodoo/jazz whatever you want to call it DOES NOT WORK! IF IT DID, we won't have been colonized by the British. The only thing that works is our fear of the unknown and our love for money.

Ever wonder why babalawo never enter forbes top 10,000 list?

I pity him

Ovoko wait make e catch u.....

Let them use it on you first, ull know true uselessness

Voodoo?

I am an advocate of Jesus Christ, so I do no voodoo, the greatest gift my parent has ever given me is knowing God.

Most of the time, I pity people who ventures in this things, because it has its own repercussions, which the person doing it will not enlighten you about it more.

Get Jesus Christ, the person who will freely give and not be waiting to receive from you.

#JesusChristIsMyVoodoo

i no follow

I don't need much
Just voodoo/jazz/ to help me select/predict accurately an uncastable sure 1000 sport bet odd
Finish
Pere

Instead d voodoo will make sure ur double chance goes wrong at 90+5 minutes
To cut ur ticket
So much for our village pple

Juju dey work o.

Juju is not real

the juju man was fake

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Come and I will give you something... Everyone that sees you and you ask for money, they can never say No, except if they have a stronger jazz

Potent voodoo dey bajebaje. U must as well believe witchcraft does nt exist. Omode o ti de ibi eru, ni eru o ba.

How much have we developed with all that?

How many politicans will take anti corruption oaths with juju? None. But they will happily use the religious books because they know they ain't effective. Juju is all about manipulating Enegy fields to create illusions. Since life itself is an illusion, it is also a branch of Juju. Don't let limited school books belittle the potency of Juju( Ancient Alchemy)

Everyone practice juju in different forms, we just don't know it. Maybe the word " juju" is the problem, because it sounds primitive and has been left in the hands of the illiterates. How were the pyramids built? Perhaps with surphisticated Juju ( levitation). It is a shame all these knowledge are lost and replaced with low level science books.

The same useless that kept our for fathers longer than us , indomie generation

what should I say

Its a secret, thouth not everyone is sbutle to juju power,

If I may ask how do u thing voodoo or juju works, it not magic, it is performed by the use of some roots, stem, leaf and sometime an animal and it also require a measure of faith just as u apply faith after praying the chuch or mosque.

voodoo is all about a change in magnetic force, its all about manipulating Enegy fields to create illusions

Hmm. Omode o m'oogun oun pe lefo... So because your so called Amudo didn't work on that innocent girl made you think that voodoo is not real Abi? FYI power pass power and it's not everybody that is susceptible to voodoo power ( Kise ori gbogbo eniyan to gbabode)