Awka Community Goes Traditional, Invokes Deities to Fight Cultism
By Kenechukwu Chukwudi
Indigenes of Awka, Anambra State Capital territory, at home and in the diaspora, yesterday, invoked the powers of Imoka, a powerful deity worshipped in the town against the incessant cult-related killings taking place in various parts of the town.
They also invoked some other powerful deities in the town to help fight the scourge.
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They prayed the deities to kill those who commit such atrocities and such deaths to continue to their seventh generation.
The Chief Priest of the community better known as Ndu Eze Ani took the Imoka deity and other deities to ‘Obodo Ezi’ village square, where the powers of the deities were invoked against such persons.
They made sacrifices and offered pronouncements against such persons.
The deities were later taken in a convoy decorated in palm fronds to the 33 villages in Awka.
Those who spoke to Anambra newsmen in Awka but declined to have their names in print believe this will go a long way ridding the town of cult menace.
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