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Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by GistMore11: 2:49pm On Jul 10, 2019
In a bid to achieve an all round success in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Dah Gbediga, president of the indigenous religions of Benin and other vodunsi practitioners have offered voodoo prayers for their national team who shocked Morocco on penalties in the round of 16, to record its first ever victory in the competition and advance to a quarter-final showdown with Senegal on Wednesday.

The voodoo priests sacrificed a goat and three sheep behind closed doors, after which Dah Gbediga emerged with his chest bared accompanied by a toothless priestess in her sixties who led the prayers in front of around a hundred followers. According to the worshippers, it was a "special ceremony to support the Squirrels".

"This is something new for our players in this competition, people think we will make a poor showing, but they are wrong, we are committed to doing our best," intoned the priestess, Tangninnon, gripping a gourd of water and her walking stick.

Recoutning how he has been praying for the team before the tournament began, Dah Gbediga told AFP;

"There is a march towards progress in football with the support of the ancestors and nothing else should stop us. We achieved what we had never done before this year, we have impressed the whole world and we ask the ancestors to make it last for as long as possible."

See more photos here; http://gistmore.com/benin-offers-voodoo-prayers-for-afcon-success

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by otipoju(m): 3:01pm On Jul 10, 2019
For Benin and Togo....Vodoo is the State Religion

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by davodyguy: 3:03pm On Jul 10, 2019
They should ask India.

Those Bullshitz doesn't work in sport anymore.

We were told that Ivory Coast did same thing against Nigeria in Tunisia 1994, yet they lost to the Super Eagles.

Juju doesn't work in sport, hard-work works.

If it works, many footballers should have been greater than Lionel Messi and Ronaldo

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Nobody: 3:20pm On Jul 10, 2019
If they like they should sacrifice a full elephant they will still lose..... It takes adequate preparation and training,team spirit to achieve success in football.

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by SultanOfAbia: 4:44pm On Jul 10, 2019
Wait make match start first
Even the gods of Benin will be looking at them like this

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by justino57(m): 4:44pm On Jul 10, 2019
Lol Africa n juju
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by popelix: 4:45pm On Jul 10, 2019
Shameless south South's,. Pls Biafra come let's leave this backward people

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by maxiuc(m): 4:45pm On Jul 10, 2019
cheesy

Waiting to when their opponents players will kick banga head

When the ball will turn to big stone block

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by thankfulsoul: 4:46pm On Jul 10, 2019
Headquarter of juju

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Dukeemmanuel44(m): 4:46pm On Jul 10, 2019
I see senegal winning

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by noble2faith(m): 4:46pm On Jul 10, 2019
Damn Africa!

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by TANID(m): 4:46pm On Jul 10, 2019
Damentia:
If they like they should sacrifice a full elephant they will still lose..... It takes adequate preparation and training,team spirit to achieve success in football.
What Do You Mean Nigeria ain't Lose.
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Thisis2raw(m): 4:46pm On Jul 10, 2019
Nonsense.
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by naijjaman(m): 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
cheesy undecided
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Nobody: 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
Useless power

Useless country


May oluwa destroy Benin Republic


May oluwa destroy Biafra


Biafra will never be achieved

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by iVentHub(m): 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
this one weak me o
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Nobody: 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
Joke
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by geesilver(m): 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
what is our edo people doing , make dem no forget o we get match tonight.

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by donogaga(m): 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
Exercise in futility.

They will still lose the match by over one goal margin.
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Lordave: 4:47pm On Jul 10, 2019
How could you call the religion of our fathers "voodoo"?

For your information, they offered the real potent prayers and not that rubbish you guys always end with the name of an imaginary white saviour.

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by donogaga(m): 4:48pm On Jul 10, 2019
Thisis2raw:
Nonsense.

And ingredients.
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Glink2018(m): 4:48pm On Jul 10, 2019
popelix:
Shameless south South's,. Pls Biafra come let's leave this backward people

Biafrauding state are the headquarters of voodoo.

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by DMayor101: 4:48pm On Jul 10, 2019
Reason why Africa is backward. Instead of hard work, we dey do voodoo
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by AmazingELixir: 4:48pm On Jul 10, 2019
Allowed

It's an African thing..

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by joshjc(m): 4:48pm On Jul 10, 2019
They have the right to practice their own religion, there's freedom of religion, we should stop criticism because others practice different religion, the Japanese still practice their own religion,same with China and India

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Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by YoungLionken(m): 4:48pm On Jul 10, 2019
That's why Africa is still where it is today, shame!
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by alobright17(m): 4:49pm On Jul 10, 2019
Obaofusa:
Useless power

Useless country


Useless continent


May oluwa destroy Africa


May oluwa destroy Biafra

Thank God they've banned Sniper .
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by Harlem2(m): 4:49pm On Jul 10, 2019
Messi should get one for Argentina team
grin grin
Re: Benin Offers Voodoo Prayers For AFCON Success by myddmodnabastard: 4:49pm On Jul 10, 2019
abeg Senegal dey in my 200k ticket carry your juju comot from here joor

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