A 23-year-old man, Chiemelie Nnaji, tragically drowned throughout a non secular cleaning ritual at Mmiri Ani River in Obiagu, Enugu State.
Chiemelie, identified regionally for roasting pork and rooster in entrance of a motel in Obiagu, reportedly suffered from epilepsy.
In response to studies, the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when Chiemelie’s mom, popularly often known as Ezenwanyi, took him and a shopper, a middle-aged lady, to the river for a non secular cleaning session.
The spiritualist was stated to be making ready her son to inherit the household’s non secular enterprise.
Eyewitnesses acknowledged that throughout the ritual, whereas Ezenwanyi was utilizing a local fowl to carry out the exorcism contained in the chest-deep river, Chiemelie suffered an epileptic seizure and fell into the deep water.
Regardless of being alerted by the shopper, Ezenwanyi continued chanting incantations and didn’t help Chiemelie as he struggled within the water.
It was the shopper who finally stopped the ritual and raised an alarm, attracting neighbors who rescued Chiemelie’s physique whereas he was reportedly nonetheless alive.
“We discovered Ezenwanyi chanting whereas the shopper was crying helplessly. We managed to deliver him out and rushed him to the hospital,” an eyewitness stated.
Nevertheless, two hospitals reportedly refused to confess him, and it was on the third hospital that Chiemelie was pronounced useless.
The Enugu State Police Command, by means of the Ogui Police Division, has arrested the spiritualist in reference to the incident.
The police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, had not responded to inquiries as of the time this report was filed.
