Nigeria govt, States told to stop citizens from burning old people, 'witches' - Daily Post Nigeria

Nigeria govt, States told to stop citizens from burning old people, ‘witches’

The President, Senator Eze Ajoku, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja that perpetrators must be prosecuted.

Similarly, in Ikere Ekiti, a 77-year-old woman was mobbed and murdered on the grounds of being a witch and the corpse dumped in a stream.In Agulu, Anambra, an 80-year-old woman labelled a witch died after she was allegedly pushed to the ground by anti-cult operatives. It called for the protection of the older persons “who have been stereotyped as witches or wizards by bringing to book perpetrators of the burning”

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