Child Witch Syndrome and Killing of Harmless Children

Utit-Ofon, aged seven years, and her 10-month-old sister, Utibe, were pronounced to be 'witches' by a local church in February 2008, in Uquo, a village in Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The natives describe the community as a notorious haven for child witches who “fly even in the daytime.”Disturbed by the pronouncement of the church, their mother, Mayen Sunday-John, decided to...

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