The people of Ugulangu village, Ebonyi state
today marked 1 year since the
devastating tragedy that struck the village and
turned the people bemused
thus of the strange happenings that led to the
death of king Eze Ajar, a
well respected and influential traditional village
figure.
Ugulangu village is popularly known to be a
predominantly very traditional
village with 90% of the inhabitants’ non-religious,
rather being
religiously devoted believers and pilgrims of
the“Oliye Ajur” mystical
shrine. It can be deduced from the villagers that
the shrine possesses
mystical powers with the ability to provide
gratification to people in
need. The chief priest of the shrine is believed to
be able to conjure the
Gods of the shrine who can fulfill the wishes of
anyone who sought prayers
and worship at the shrine.
It can be recalled that Kenneth Nwabor, a native
of the village and a
self-proclaimed reborn Christian whose
evangelical mission to rid the
village of “ungodliness” in fact ended of changing
the village forever.
Kenneth who was only 21 years old took it upon
himself to set the shrine on
fire when his attempts to preach towards
Christianity fell on deaf ears.
What left most bewildered is the young man’s
bravery to engage King Eze
Ajar, a scuffle which resulted to the accidental
plummet of the King who
was trying to prevent him from setting the shrine
on fire. The King was
later pronounced death at the village local clinic
due to injuries he
sustained from the fall.
Kenneth Nwabor’s parents, Paul and Flourence
Nwabor expressed their
disbelief that their son was capable of causing
such havoc. “we raised
Kenneth to believe and trust in “Oliye Ajur” (name
of the mystical shrine)
because he has blessed us abundantly. We
needed a son and Oliye Ajur gave
us Kenneth, but only to become a curse”. Said
Flourence who could not
contain her tears when asked about the incident.
Meanwhile, Kenneth is nowhere to be found since
his escape from police
custody. Be as it may, his family has declared
him an outcast. While the
village rebuilds it’s religious mishaps, it seem the
cursed Kenneth is much
part of that process. The chief claimed that
Kenneth is required to be
killed and have his blood used in religious
sacrifice to give the Gods of
the shrine the honorable respite. Whether that will
be possible is yet to
be ascertained, what is certain is that the
residents of the village still
cannot come to terms with what happened while
they desperately search for
what they referred to as “evil-possessed insane”
young man.

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