Fetish priest commits suicide as several ritual sacrifices to cure himself fail

The ritualist identified as Onyeonoziri Friday from Nigeria’s Abia state was found hanging in front of his home in Ukpakiri village in Amaise autonomous community in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon, who confirmed Onyeonoziri's death to newsmen, said the native doctor hung himself in front of his shrine which is located at the back of his apartment. He was said to have been battling with a series of illnesses and became frustrated and depressed after several efforts to get healed through different sacrifices proved abortive, according to Lindaikejisblog.com.

The Nation reported a source in the area who gave her name as Ogadinma Nwachukwu as saying that they woke up on Sunday morning to the cry of help from his compound.

"It was this morning that we started hearing cries from his house and when we all gathered, we discovered that our brother, whom we all sat yesterday with is gone.

When we asked the wife, she said that the husband told her that he was going to pass the night at Ntighauzor. After that, she went inside the house while the husband told her that he wants to leave his machine behind the house. According to her, she came out in the morning, only to see the corpse of the husband dangling on a tree behind their house,” Ogadinma said.

Police say an investigation is underway.

Fetish priest commits suicide as several ritual sacrifices to cure himself fail

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