The devil is perfectly good at deceiving people with fake, short-term signs. OP, you just became victim of that.

Daviddson:
The devil is perfectly good at deceiving people with fake, short-term signs. OP, you just became victim of that.

If your God does not want to help him why shouldnt the devil?

A useless father will always lose his children to strangers.....

OP howfar nw

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Ishilove:
Very well written piece of narration. Captivating, funny in parts, words that paint vivid images, I really don't care if it is fact or fiction because the OP"s descriptive powers is very admirable.

ya... the guy is really a good writer. I envy him

Got a marriage conversation last night from a friend who only introduced me to a love interest/partner in person on Tuesday! They have both been dating on and off for a while. I shall name my friend D. I feel nothing but pity for D because I'm not in any way attracted to D. Made it clear that I am not unattached.

What I found eerie is that D's sudden sense of urgency/desperation with which D was chatting me up last night, mentioning marriage out of the blue was abnormal and out of character! Hmm.

Marry D jare and let the case rest

Ok a friend to my cousin in one of the states of the Niger Delta, a person who knows me not called me up yesterday sounding very desperate. Saw my photograph on my cousin's phone and really wants to see me asap. Wants to tell family members about me (a stranger!!! are you crazy??). Hopefully me being a spouse.
Began to infuriate me with continuous ringing yesterday I had to say I'm busy.
Americans will say mehn this is some serious shyt!

Something came up, so I stopped the rituals and won't be handling any of the charms for a couple of days. After all, even god of the Bible rested on the 7th day...

Op please we want to hear about S

butterflyl1on:
OchuAja come and finish this yarn oo

Hahahahahahahaahhsahhaa. You dey follow am too? See how Satan dey trap people? Christianity too hard for them. Satanism easy.

Bros have you see why i say these people who claim atheism are demons possessed? He has to be one of those boys insulting YHWH ot rather, the demons inside of him insulting YHWH.

Daviddson:
The devil is perfectly good at deceiving people with fake, short-term signs. OP, you just became victim of that.

Na this guy children wey go suffer weytin their papa don do. He will observe what the demons demands of hi now and enjoy the temporal benefits, but they won't know so won't carry on with the rituals, then satan will come making demands, when they don't comply because they won't have any idea, satanic oppressions will start.

This is how people robe their generations unborn into satanic ancestral covenants. What this guy did here is what the Bible calls 'LAWFUL CAPTIVE'.

IF only he knows what he has just done.

Dear S.

Happy Valentine's day, though we don't believe or celebrate it anyway....

Exactly five years ago, I recall calling you frantically and in panic mode knowing you were one step away from committing suicide. You turned off your phone almost 24 hours and could not be reached by anyone. That was your second attempt in few months. I stood by you always and watched you slowly and painfully rise from the ashes when no one else seemed to give a damn. Deep down you know that all too well and often acknowledged it verbally. We both know I'm all you've got. The saying goes that no matter how far the bottom walks, it will eventually return to the kitchen stool. I chant this proverbial saying each time I conduct my rituals and the Orishas agree with me.

The wandering bird will return to its nest before sunset.

Ladies and gentlemen.
After exactly (I mean exactly) 4 months to the day S left me, S shows up, unannounced!
Will furnish you with details.

I Believe in ATR so much

Dear Readers,
I guess y'all were expecting a kiss and make up suprise encounter between me and S. No. Nevertheless, the fact that S showed up exactly on 4th month anniversary after walking away and even blocking my lines on WhatsApp was shocking to me. After countless nights of rituals and even breaking one of the taboos and subsequent atonement rituals as prescribed by Baba, I was stunned. I couldn't say nothing to S for several minutes.

S calmly accused me of sending an anonymous email immediately after our last quarrel to S's place of work about flouting company social media rules by posting innapropriate content online. S said my action didnt work, S was promoted instead of fired, company saw my email anyways.
In anger I denied it and accused S of false accusation just as a ruse to check on my well-being. I felt short of telling S to go to hell.

The truth is I did it. It was my revenge for S's unwarranted abandonment and cheating. I was considering revenge porn as well! That night of our quarrel and a few weeks after, I almost died of rage. Starting the rituals calmed me down. After realizing what I'd done, I quickly sent S's company another email saying the first email should be disregarded, but too late anyway, it was seen.
By Baba's recommendation (of course I secretly had a phone convo with Baba in S's presence) I had to confess to S of my wrongdoing. What's the use of lying? Its out of character for me. I'm a very bad liar. S knows this. Betrayal isint one of my traits either. I did it out of pure anger, nothing more. I'm relieved S wasn't fired at place of work. My act of revenge was deadly to say the least.
After confessing out of shame, S said 'ok'. Few words were spoken afterwards.

Good garbage

OchuAja:
The truth is I did it. It was my revenge for S's unwarranted abandonment and cheating. I was considering revenge porn as well! That night of our quarrel and a few weeks after, I almost died of rage. Starting the rituals calmed me down. After realizing what I'd done, I quickly sent S's company another email saying the first email should be disregarded, but too late anyway, it was seen.
By Baba's recommendation (of course I secretly had a phone convo with Baba in S's presence) I had to confess to S of my wrongdoing. What's the use of lying? Its out of character for me. I'm a very bad liar. S knows this. Betrayal isint one of my traits either. I did it out of pure anger, nothing more. I'm relieved S wasn't fired at place of work. My act of revenge was deadly to say the least.
After confessing out of shame, S said 'ok'. Few words were spoken afterwards.

So what is going on between you and S.
Did you guys get back or have you found another?

What a fascinating fictional writer

I guess babalawos charms failed at that point.

Anyone know if the OP is still alive and well? The way he take abandon this story is.....

Kobojunkie:
Anyone know if the OP is still alive and well? The way he take abandon this story is.....

29th of this month will make it 3 years since he was online


Wherever you are OchuAja, Chukwu nonye lụ gị nwanne

It’s can be that d gods has eaten him o

OchuAja:

I regard myself a Nairaland veteran, having been an active member of this site for close to a decade. I decided to use a new moniker for the purpose of privacy.
I took a decision to make this writeup or pseudo diary as objective as possible, based on my first hand experience with '[b][/b]Babalawos', a popular African Traditional Religion IFA spiritualist on Nairaland.

As an individual from a non-devout Catholic background, I can safely say I'm 'Christian by association'. As a child I had an unusually curious mind and asked questions about Christianity which no one seemed to have a satisfactory answer. I was the type who would attend church service and focus on the time, hoping the hand of my wristwatch would move fast enough so I can leave. Lol.

Fastfoward to my mid- 20s, my deep research about the true origins 3 Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) opened my eyes to reality. I quit church going altogether and have no regrets to this day.

My long time lover of several years and I had only 3 weeks ago been involved in a dispute which involved unfaithfulness. I confronted my loved one about it, but got no response as to the accuracy of my accusations. I have been given the silent treatment and I decided to do the same unless my lover initiates contact and refutes or confirms my claim to which I have evidence. I was devastated by this dispute and thought of placing a curse on my lover and my just discovered rival for cheating on me and wasting all the time and efforts spent on relationship.

This is where my experience with 'Babalawos' begins. I have never consulted with a spiritualist prior to this encounter. My interest in the ways of our ancestors made me a regular reader of Babalawos posts on Nairaland. I decided to send him a message to help me get my vengeance.

I complained about my situation to him. He requested for 2500 consultation fee and sent my photograph. I made a bank transfer. In few minutes he texted me saying my reading was ready.

I gave him a call.

"Aboru Aboye" he said in a guttural tone.

I responded to his greeting.
"I have consulted IFA. Because you made a consultation offering to the oracle on the last day of 2017, IFA said I should tell you that blessings will never leave you in the coming year. I have a lot to say to you. Good things and the bad. During my divination I found out that 2 Oris showed up. Your original Ori has been exchanged". IFA said that not all you claimed about your lover was 100% true...."

At this point I doubted his authenticity. How could I have lied?
"Who else did you have sex with during your relationship with S ? IFA says you did, and on one occasion your Ori was exchanged with ill luck because the person is in the occult"

I broke into a cold sweat.

"Baba, I did not sleep with anyone, ok, I did have sexual encounters with 3 persons during my relationship with S, but it was only MouthAction or kissing, no penetraton."
"Then you were economical with the truth, IFA sees everything. It was during one of these encounters that your Ori was exchanged for bad luck. Your life is upside down not so? You've experienced several unexplained ill luck not so?"
"Yes baba, you're absolutely correct" I said, with dried saliva in my mouth.

"Another thing you failed to disclose while complaining on Whatsapp was that you gained a lot from S. A lot of factors caused S to find a new love interest. S has been under pressure from friends to settled down. There are some things you should have done to keep S, which you failed to do, for instance..."

He went on and on. My hopes of getting my revenge began to fade.
"If S is not destined for me, then I want the new found relationship destroyed." I moaned.
"IFA says you shouldn't do a revenge spell. They recommend you let sleeping dogs lie"

Na wah o. When did the gods become so benevolent to abandonment? Is karma dead? I mused.

At this point my tongue felt like paper.
"Revenge spell against S has to be monthly because S has a strong sixth sense. S will sense the spell and fight back".

Dear reader, my doubts about Baba's words wore down. It might interest you to note that S practises voodoo.

"Ok Baba, is there no hope? I want S back."
"Yes you will get S back, it has to be done through a love spell."
"Ok, what is it going to cost me?"

He named it.
"Truth is I'm so broke without a job. I have nothing on me."
"There's one thing you need to know about African Traditional Religion. It costs money. If you can't afford it and you aren't brave enough, you can try Christianity or Islam. Its up to you. IFA says you don't have a tough heart."

Well he was right anyway. Everyone including my family thinks I'm hard. But I've managed to conceal my heart of a chicken from everyone all my life.

"You will also need to have a spiritual bath in my shrine as part of the love spell ceremony and to restore your exchanged Ori, and also because you're an ogbanje. You ought to have died long ago, on several occasions, but the orishas have been keeping you. Olokun showed up during your divination. You also need to do your ogbanje. This is not child's play. It's the bedrock of most of your adult life's misfortunes."

Omo na wa o!. Which kain wahala be dis? I started to regret the phone call altogether.

"Baba so you mean I should come to Benin from Lagos to do the spiritual bath ceremony? "

"I told you earlier, ATR costs money. Yes you must come to Benin. Ceremony won't take more than an hour. You can return to Lagos same day if you please. This is a custom spell for your own case. If you don't conduct the bath, the love spell will 60% chances of success".

" Ok baba, ill see what I can do to get the funds for this trip, ill come very soon to get this done. I really need S back. I love S so much. We've been through so much together. I'm willing to go through this to get S back in my life. I won't give up without a try. S must have a change of heart. The gods will do this."

"Ase!"

Please I sent you an Email. Please reply to me back ASAP

Flamemignon1:

Please I sent you an Email. Please reply to me back ASAP

Any response?

Kobojunkie:
Any response?

Hello Kobo how can I reach you, I need help

Ayo081:

Hello Kobo how can I reach you, I need help

with?

Kobojunkie:
with?

Can you reach me on

WhatsApp please

Ayo081:

Can you reach me on
WhatsApp please

not able to do those at this time.

Kobojunkie:
not able to do those at this time.

Oh alright

Thank you

Kobojunkie:
Any response?

None, do you also want to talk to him?

Flamemignon1:

None, do you also want to talk to him?

I am intrigued by his story and would like to know how it ends is what.