Nigerian Advocacy Group Urges Protection For Old Woman Brutalised, Dehumanised By Mob For Alleged Witchcraft | Sahara Reporters

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A group fighting to end witch-hunting and witch persecution in Nigeria, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), has decried the viral video of an elderly woman confessing to have killed people and causing illnesses in her community. It called on the police and other security agencies to protect her.

Nigerian Advocacy Group Urges Protection For Old Woman Brutalised, Dehumanised By Mob For Alleged WitchcraftAt some point, somebody in the crowd slapped her, when she was asked who killed someone. Immediately, she said she committed the alleged offence.

AfAW in a statement issued by its Director, Dr. Leo Igwe, asked the police to ensure that nothing happens to the woman, adding that efforts were underway to ascertain her fate and whereabouts. Igwe described as condemnable a Facebook post by one Onuoha Peter Jude who claimed to be a Catholic priest, applauding the treatment meted out to the woman in his reaction to the video.

 

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