SHOCKER: Juju Found In Bishop's House In Edo State

A FEW days after he petitioned ‎the police on an alleged plot to kidnap and kill him over his petition to President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the psychiatric hospital in Benin City, two strange objects were Tuesday morning discovered at the entrance and exit door of the residence of Bishop Ezekiel Orhevba‎.

A ‎statement was placed on the objects at the back which read “Ancient juju from ancient shrine for Ezekiel Oise Orhevba. See and, touch and die.

If you have solution to all moves and attacks, you have no solution to this mother of all destructions.” Orhevba said he had already informed the police and was waiting for their response.‎ “I came from Abuja late last night and this morning, it was people from outside who alerted me that something strange was there, which I will call juju, when the police come, they will give it a better name.”

I have an issue with some people in the Federal Psychiatric Hospital, I think they should know something about this. I have a petition against six people there so there are proofs, these are exhibits against them.

They think they can stop me from going to the police and maybe opt out of the case so that they can walk away as free men, but I am not deterred and victory is sure,” he said.

Buhari Finally Writes Saraki On $75m Edo Loan

‎President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the senate seeking approval for a $75 million loan from the World Bank for the Edo state government.

 “I am writing to seek the consideration of the national assembly of Nigeria on approval of a request by the Edo state government‎ to obtain a $75 million credit facility from the World Bank,” the president wrote in a letter read on the floor of the upper chamber by Bukola Saraki, senate president, on Tuesday. 

“You may wish to know that the World Bank had approved a Development Policy Programme (DPO) loan budget support for the total sum of $225 million to the Edo state government in 2012 to be implemented in three tranches of $75 million per annum. “The first tranche was approved by the national assembly in the 2012-2014 federal government external borrowing plan. 

“The programme has since been successfully implemented by the state in 2014. Following this success, the bank’s board of executive directors approved the‎ second tranche. “‎DPO 2, on April 29, 2015. The DPO 2 was captured in the federal government external ruling borrowing plan of 2014-2017, which is pending with the national assembly. “It is for the above reason that I seek your favour to facilitate the consideration and approval of the Development Policy Operation 2 (DPO2) loan of $75 million to enable the state to consolidate on the first tranche of the operation.” 

On Saturday, it was reported that the World Bank loan was being stalled by the unending row between Buhari and Saraki. For World Bank to grant the development loan, the president was required to write the senate. However, the letter was written by Danladi Kifasi, the head of service, and addressed to the senate president. The senate refused to act on it, instead writing back to Kifasi to point out the procedural error.

Pastor Arrested Over Death Of Edo Man During Deliverance Prayer

There was pandemonium on Okwanga Street around Uselu Quarters in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State on Tuesday after a 45-year-old man, identified as Osayande Ekhator, died ‎during a deliverance session in a Pentecostal church in the area.

It was gathered that the Ekhator had been taken to the church, Hope Ministry, also known as Holy Ghost Deliverance Centre, by his relatives on Monday, due to an undisclosed ailment.

It was, however, learnt that some residents heard a loud cry from the church and rushed there only to discover the lifeless body of the deceased in the church.

Some angry youths were also said to have ‎stormed the church and vandalised some valuable properties.

One of the residents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, alleged that the deceased might hit his head against a hard object, as ‎there were blood stains on his head.

“I think he must have hit his head somewhere. I saw blood on his head‎ when his body was placed in a vehicle,” the resident said.

The father of the deceased, Pa Ekhator, said he had suspected that the deliverance session had gone wrong when his son was thrown to the ground, with his hands and legs tied.

He said, “They forced‎ him and tied him as usual and threw him down. From there, they carried a bucket full of water and poured it on his body.

“The mother asked why. They said that is what they usually do‎; that after struggling, they wanted him to have rest and cool down. After about five minutes, she came crying that Osayande is dead.”

But the sister of the deceased alleged that he was “beaten to death” by his deliverers, who had also planned to deposit his remains in a mortuary.

The Resident Pastor of the church, Mrs. Isoken Ekundaye, denied the allegations.

“We don’t kill here. We don’t beat here. If they bring insane people, we heal,” Ekundaye said‎.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Stephen Onwochei, said the said pastor had been arrested while the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation.

Source: 247Frolic