Published: July 15, 2014
By Maxwel Edobor
By Maxwel Edobor
A
26-year-old man, Ikechukwu Ekele, the son of late High Chief Priest,'
Uti Ikechukwu from Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area,
has been declared wanted by members of his late father’s secret occult
society called Osenkpika.
A
close family source who did not want his name to be mentioned said,
“immediately after the burial of late Pa. Uti Ikechukwu earlier in
February, 2014 some members of Osenkpika secrete occult society led by
one Okechukwu Peter approached the Ikechukwu family with the news that
the first son of their late High Chief Priest, Ikechukwu Ekele has been
chosen by their Great Master (Osenkpika) as next person to take over the
role of the chief priest position of their late father which according
to them is hereditary and requested that he, Ekele should come to their
shrine for initiation”.
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| Ikechukwu Ekele |
Our
source further stated that trouble started when Ikechukwu Ekele
vehemently rejected the idea because of his Christian faith. Following
the frequent visit to the home of Ikechukwu by Okechukwu Peter and some
other members of the Osenkpika, coupled with several threats, Ekele now
led one of his pastors, Imahia Emeke to the shrine of Osenkpika for
prayers and which made the occult group requested that he should be
sacrificed to their gods and his blood use for cleansing as it was the
only way the Osenkpika can be appeased for the abominable act and in
order for them not to incur the wrath of the deity.
Ekele
on hearing the decision of his late father’s occult group flee for his
life. He also became a wanted person by the police because the
Osenkpika occult group had influenced the police at Owa-Oyibu Police
Divisional Headquarters, where it was alleged that Ekele practiced
homosexuality, all as ploy to apprehend him and sacrifice him to their
gods. Ekele's Community, Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government
Area, also banished him on hearing that he is a gay for the fact it is a
serious offence and abominable act in the land.
Ika Weekly further gathered from a member of the occult group who
claimed anonymity that Ekele must be sacrificed to the great Osenkpika
for defiling their shrine by going to pray in their secrete chamber and
that failure to do that will make the cult members to continue to
experience bad luck and catalogue of problems, revealing that the
Osenkpika cult has promised handsome rewards for whoever that will give
them useful information about Ekele whereabouts.
