Tuesday 7 May 2013
Pastor Must Offer Sacrifices For Killing Snake – Anambra Community
An altercation has ensued between members of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and Umuoji community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State over the killing of a snake in the community by the Overseer of the Mercy Throne Assembly, Umuoji, Rev Jude Chubueze.
The community believes Chibueze had desecrated the land by killing the snake, as snake killing in the area is a taboo, and they had gone ahead to seal his church with palm fronds.
The matter has been taken to the Anambra State Police command which is trying to mediate between the two parties to avoid a breakdown of law and order, and assure a peaceful resolution to it.
Reacting on the issue, members of PFN under the aegis of Umuoji Gospel Ministries Fellowship led by Pastor Celestine Ekpunobi, yesterday, described the tradition that forbids the killing of snake as barbaric, adding that such law should only concern the pagans.
Rev Chibueze said a snake stormed his house at night when members of his family were already sleeping. He said he heard his children screaming and rushed there to find a snake where his children had been sleeping.
“When I got to their room, I saw a big snake lying with them and I had to kill it and threw it into the nearby bush. The following day, some community members marched to my house and accused me of killing their god. They beat me up mercilessly.
One of the community leaders, Chief Paul Edekobi said, instead of the pastor doing what he earlier agreed to do with the community by providing the items, he dragged them to Ogidi Police Station where six of the community leaders were arrested.
The Chief threatened that what he did was capable of wiping out his entire family if sacrifices were not made to appease the gods.
“We do not want to destroy his property and that is why we used the palm fronts to tie round the church to stop him from worshipping there for now,” Edekobi said.
But the pastor said: “What they are talking about is not tradition; they see the killing of a snake as a taboo in their world of idol worshipping and not same in Christian faith
“If they do not desist from this act, our next port of call will be the court for the enforcement of our fundamental human rights.”
Paul Okoye & alleged baby mama Elshama Igbanoi pictured together
Remember yesterday, Paul denied through his publicist knowing
his second baby mama, 19 year old Elshama Igbanoi. Well, here is a
picture of Paul and Peter Okoye with Elshama.
Linda
reports 19 year old Elshama Igbanoi’s baby was actually born April 7th
in the UK, four days before Paul Okoye and his girlfriend Anita welcomed
their son, Andre, in Atlanta.
Elshama’s mum has confirmed that P-Square’s Paul Okoye is indeed the father of Elshama’s son but didn’t want to give more details.
And contrary to earlier reports that Elshama is stranded in the
hospital because she’s unable to pay her bills, they are out of the
hospital and chilling at home.
The baby’s birth certificate bears Paul Okoye’s name.
The Okoyes are still not saying anything about the issue. In fact, someone from their camp said they do not plan to issue a statement or react to the story in any way.
Linda
reports 19 year old Elshama Igbanoi’s baby was actually born April 7th
in the UK, four days before Paul Okoye and his girlfriend Anita welcomed
their son, Andre, in Atlanta.Elshama’s mum has confirmed that P-Square’s Paul Okoye is indeed the father of Elshama’s son but didn’t want to give more details.
The baby’s birth certificate bears Paul Okoye’s name.
The Okoyes are still not saying anything about the issue. In fact, someone from their camp said they do not plan to issue a statement or react to the story in any way.
