₦airaland Forum

meobizy:
The African solution to diseases. Many times I see mobs beat people over witchcraft, the victims are cancer patients, AIDS patients and the mentally unstable. Killing them off is our crude way of reducing these ailments from society.

yarimo:
How can she lost her way to another person roof what took her there or in Ogun state people now Walk on roof?

GOFRONT:
Its d same military Generals that would sabotage this effort.......Their illegal mining activities in Nigeria has shown them out

PresidObi:
Ogun state didn't benefit from Awolowo free education, they are stark illiterates there who believes in ritual killing, witchcraft and other nonsense like that.

But you will see them come to the east and claim their place is better, they have the biggest churches and deceiving people that they are holy.

Hisroyalbadmeat:
That prophetess should be arrested,even if it's true, what is wrong with shape shifting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8bp9SqTO3o

The Chief Of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, stated that the military is on the path to becoming a superpower in the production of military equipment in a few years

“Sometimes we gain traction and then it goes down, but now, with the signing of the DICON Bill, we are going to make sure it is sustainable. People are interested, people are coming in, we are having a lot of partners going into it and I can assure you that in a few years, Nigeria too will be a superpower in producing its own equipment.” the CDS said.

He noted that the military used to produce some of its weapons at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) but that slowed down over the years.

In spite of the drawback, General Musa expressed optimism at the resumption of production of military equipment saying the Nigerian military is now making the small calibre of weapons directly.

He said, “We used to assemble guns from DICON but it stopped, that is being restored now. We produce our own ammunition now. Directly we do that for small calibre 7.62mm, we do that and 9mm, we also do that.

“We want to do the 5.6 and then go to the higher calibres from 12.7 and above. So those are the things we are working on. You know, the funny thing is that the Nigerian DICON started 60 years last year, the same time as Brazil’s. Brazil is producing unmanned aircraft and unmanned submarines, they have gone very far, and we want to achieve that.”

General Musa said that the production of military equipment locally will help create employment for the youths and as well improve the country’s foreign exchange.

He added that local production of equipment will enable the Nigerian military sell to the neighbouring countries and raise funds for the military.

With the Federal High Court Abuja proscribing the Lakurawa sect on Friday, and classifying it as a terrorist organization, the Chief of Defence Staff said this has given the military ”legal backing” to actively eradicate them.

He said that some foreign purchased weapons like the Super Tucano have restrictions where it can be used, but with the proscription of the group as terrorists, such weapons can now be used against them.

An aged woman identified as Kehinde Ojo, was on Tuesday lynched by a mob in Oke-Ijeun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, over an allegation of witchcraft.

In a series of videos that went viral on social media, Ojo, who appeared weak and could not talk, was seen lying inside a pit.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that a prophetess from a white garment church in the area raised the alarm that Ojo transformed from a bird to a human and fell on her church’s roof while she was praying.

The prophetess, whose name could not be ascertained, and other members of the community were seen in the video interrogating the old woman.

Our correspondent further gathered that men of the Ogun State Police Command later rescued the woman and took her to hospital.

But a police source said Ojo later died on Thursday.

According to the source, the old woman died at the state general hospital where she was receiving treatment for injuries sustained from the mob action.

Narrating the incident to our correspondent, one of the children of the deceased, Kabir Kehinde, accused the prophetess and her son of beating her mother to death.

According to him, his mother lost her way while visiting his brother who lived behind the church on Monday evening, and was attacked by the prophetess.

“My mother was not a witch; she was wrongly accused and beaten to death by the prophetess. My mother had gone to visit my brother on Monday evening and lost her way because she had sight problems.

“The prophetess and others beat her from Monday evening till Tuesday morning. They inflicted injuries on her because they were pestering her to confess to witchcraft.

“Despite her repeated pleas of innocence, they descended on her, beating and accusing her of witchcraft.

“My mother was still bleeding from the injuries even till the day we buried her. We have reported the case to the police and the prophetess has been arrested,” Kehinde said.

Baronthecelebri:
It pays to serve Jesus I speak from my heart