Youths in Agharoza village, Iboko community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have reportedly set the house of one of their kinsmen on fire over an alleged fawn prophecy, News About Nigeria reports.
One of the indigenes, identified as Nwota Gabriel, made this known to newsmen in the state.
He noted that the youths had demolished and set ablaze their kinsman’s house after a prophet, simply identified as Prophet Ubadimma, pointed the victim out as one of the evil men in the village.
Gabriel disclosed that the youths not only set the victim’s house ablaze but also razed down his valuable properties, including his yam barn and farms.
According to him, the youths had claimed that the prophecy had revealed the victim to be the one responsible for the backwardness and other misfortunes prevailing in the community.
This was after a prayer programme was held by the villagers, the popular ‘Prophet’ Ubadimma, invited for the three-day event to fish out the evil men in their village.
“They said that this young prophet, if invited to any village for a crusade, would use his power to fish out evil men in the village, thereby, making the villagers free from all forms of captivities. Ubadimma goes from village to village, if invited, with his team for a crusade.
“Unfortunately, this particular one got everybody confused and Ubadimma pointed at the man (the victim) at the crusade ground as one of the evildoers in the village.
“When he was pointed at, the man insisted that he was innocent, but the villagers insisted that he should be treated the way others are treated.”
“On the fourth day of the programme, the man invited the police to disorganise the programme, noting that after the whole scenario, the angry youths in the village came out and demolished his houses, motorcycle, farm, and other property for denying that he was not responsible for the village woes,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the traditional ruler of Ndieze Autonomous Community in the council area, HRH Eze Hyacinth Nwokpor, has banned prophets and prophetesses from operating in his community.
He claimed that prophets and prophetesses had caused many problems in the community.
