harmargedon:
it's not about the charms, it's about the Cutlass.

Cutlass is a farming tool. It can be used to cut wood.
Are u saying police officers should be arresting people for having knives?

Why was he carrying a cutlass ?

NaijaSatanlst:
So I just came online and I saw on the front page that an EndSARS protester was arrested for possessing charm and cutlass. This is not the first time the Nigerian Police Force has arrested someone for possession charms.

I just wanted to make this clear that in a country where there is supposed to be religious freedom, arresting someone for possessing charm is like arresting a Muslim for possession the Qur'an or a Christian for possessing the Bible.

If It was a Christian/Muslim that was arrested, people would have cried persecution/islamophobia. But now a traditional worshippers is carrying what He believes in and was arrested for it, y'all are real quiet. I'm sure some of you like are even happy with the arrest.

Una good evening.

I doubt the guy is being arrested just for charm. But this is Naija, where having a smartphone or smart clothes can get you arrested.

joyandfaith:


Cutlass is a farming tool. It can be used to cut wood.
Are u saying police officers should be arresting people for having knives?

now let me explain the law to you a bit. If I hold a kitchen knife in my hand, then I will not be arrested, but if the knife is found in my pocket, then I'll be arrested. Same thing applies to the Cutlass, you know truly within yourself the man wasn't going to farm or to cut wood, the manner at which he carries it tells a lot about his intentions, so he has no reason to carry a Cutlass around. I see people who move around with Cutlass but they are not arrested because they have reason to carry it around.

NaijaSatanlst:
So I just came online and I saw on the front page that an EndSARS protester was arrested for possessing charm and cutlass. This is not the first time the Nigerian Police Force has arrested someone for possession charms.

I just wanted to make this clear that in a country where there is supposed to be religious freedom, arresting someone for possessing charm is like arresting a Muslim for possession the Qur'an or a Christian for possessing the Bible.

If It was a Christian/Muslim that was arrested, people would have cried persecution/islamophobia. But now a traditional worshippers is carrying what He believes in and was arrested for it, y'all are real quiet. I'm sure some of you like are even happy with the arrest.

Una good evening.

I have no problem with the charm, but cutlass? Why nah? Are you going to war?

Kolaboluv7:


Charm no problem but why the cutlass mr op.?

Next thing... why a hoe or rake? And what is that pickaxe for. Are these tools also illegal now?

jchioma:
I have no problem with the charm, but cutlass? Why nah? Are you going to war?

How about going to farm? Or to clear grass on building site. Or to go and cut some palm fronds. Have we forgotten that many people work with cutlasses, knives, and other such tools?

My question is, why did he came with Cutlass? I think the guy has bad motive

ThinkWISELY:
So cutlass too na charm?,are these defenders suffering from acute gullibility or outright blindness??

Me sef begin wonder.

How did they skip the machete?

nextstep:


Next thing... why a hoe or rake? And what is that pickaxe for. Are these tools also illegal now?

joyandfaith:


Cutlass is a farming tool. It can be used to cut wood.
Are u saying police officers should be arresting people for having knives?

Let's assume you are arguing for the sake of argument and not really unintelligent to know that a protest ground is not a farmland.

Oh need I mention that a gun is also a hunting tool?

SSIPON:
You make a great point. Religious freedom should extend to everyone. But people like MaxInDHouse do not get that concept.

When has MaxInDHouse denied you your right to religious freedom? You should not conflate the fact that he doesn't agree with the religious practices of others as denying them their right to worship the way they want to.

Kobojunkie:
That's of their church doctrines and individual preferences. All of that has nothing to do with scripture or God.

You are not making sense

shigishege:
What you should ask yourself is that can an ordinary Bible or Quran kill?? No!! Can a charm kill?? Yes. So anything that can kill or create bodily injuries to people are not permitted to be carried anyhow in public space.

Charm, Bible or Quran. None of them work.

All nonsense born out of fictions

Kobojunkie:
That's of their church doctrines and individual preferences. All of that has nothing to do with scripture or God.

It has nothing to do with the scripture or God?

But it has everything to do with the Biblical interpretation of the said denominations?

Who are you to say which Christian practices are the appropriate and which are not?

A Christian carries his own religious paraphernalia,a Muslim carries his own..

And somehow that of the Traditionalist is devilish and should be ridiculed and persecuted?

Kobojunkie:
A Bible is lot a charm but simply a book. Unless you want the cops to go around arresting folks for having books, I suggest you give your reasoning there a thorough sweeping.

As for the arresting of people carrying what you call charms, your anger should be directed at the Nigerian police and laws that enable such ridiculousness.

Bibles are charms, or have enough significance to be considered one: people use it for swearing in officers, and have a general belief that holding a bible can ward off evil spirits. As in: hold the bible in front of you, or wave it as you pass by and you won't be harmed. Some turn to the bible if they wake up from a nightmare, with the latent hope that it will keep them safe. If that's not a charm, then I don't know what else is.

MrWondah:

Let's assume you are arguing for the sake of argument and not really unintelligent to know that a protest ground is not a farmland.

Oh need I mention that a gun is also a hunting tool?

Fair enough... it was a protest ground afterall.

I get your point but the problem is people who wear charms never do it for a good reason.

It's always used to perpetrate one evil or the other

nextstep:


Next thing... why a hoe or rake? And what is that pickaxe for. Are these tools also illegal now?



How about going to farm? Or to clear grass on building site. Or to go and cut some palm fronds. Have we forgotten that many people work with cutlasses, knives, and other such tools?

These places you mentioned are very different from where the man was caught nah. Who goes to a protest ground with a cutlass, unless to cause wahala?

harmargedon:
please where can I find it in our constitution?

Criminal code not constitution

Section 213 b of the Nigerian Criminal Code prohibits the possession of charms.

clockwisereport:


Which section of the law is against possession of charms?

Section 213 b

jchioma:


These places you mentioned are very different from where the man was caught nah. Who goes to a protest ground with a cutlass, unless to cause wahala?

You're right, actually...

D should arrest d native doctor too

Kobojunkie:
Rosaries and beads have nothing to do with the Bible or Jesus Christ. If a Christian chooses to wear such things as charms, then that choice is wholly that persons.

Charms and machetes have nothing to do with traditional worship. If a traditionalist chooses to wear such things as rosaries, then that choice is wholly that person's.

ThinkWISELY:
So cutlass too na charm?,are these defenders suffering from acute gullibility or outright blindness??

so u mean farmers and herders with cutlasses should also be arrested...

NaijaSatanlst:

Catholics wear rosaries and Methodists have special rituals called holy communion

Methodist don't do rituals talkless of using the adjective special. Holy communion is holy communion and not rituals.

Nigeria is a shithole., soon they will be arrested for been a buddhist.

miketayo:
Holy communion has everything to do with the scripture of God. Except its not a Christian God

Not in the way it is carried out in your churches, no it isn't.

tollyboy5:

Even Jesus and the disciple had holy communion

Jesus and His disciples ate the Last supper ritual. Your "holy communions" are done for a different reason which does not recognize that which Jesus Christ calls for.

Fr33born:
Oga reply according to the topic being discussed and stop posting what you don't know.
Honestly, I don't even understand the angle the guy is coming from. The are asking something else and he is answering another thing.

If you didn't understand you could save easily asked... anyways, the OP understood hence the reason he kept asking questions.

Workch:
You are not making sense

Ofcourse it wouldn't make sense to you!

FlipModeSquade:
It has nothing to do with the scripture or God?

1. But it has everything to do with the Biblical interpretation of the said denominations?

2. Who are you to say which Christian practices are the appropriate and which are not?

3. A Christian carries his own religious paraphernalia,a Muslim carries his own..

4. And somehow that of the Traditionalist is devilish and should be ridiculed and persecuted?

1. Your interpretations are extrabiblical.

2. Jesus Christ is the Christ in Christianity. If Jesus Christ did not teach or command it, then it Is not of Christianity.

3. There are no religious paraphernalia taught of or approved by Jesus Christ, the one who some refer to as "the author and finished of the faith".

4. I didn't tell you any of that

nextstep:
Bibles are charms, or have enough significance to be considered one: people use it for swearing in officers, and have a general belief that holding a bible can ward off evil spirits. As in: hold the bible in front of you, or wave it as you pass by and you won't be harmed. Some turn to the bible if they wake up from a nightmare, with the latent hope that it will keep them safe. If that's not a charm, then I don't know what else is.

A Bible is not a charm nor is it a book of incantations so it is not a charm in the same way any other book out there is not considered a charm.

You can pretty much do with the Bibke what you do to any other book out there - it is afterall nothing but paper and glue.