Community members of slain nurse Chinwendu 'Wendy' Achumba have placed irrevocable curses on the men who raped and killed her, as well as on their family members. The chilling ceremony was captured on video.
The Incident
Chinwendu, a student nurse from Ngwa who was training in Imo State, was raped by two men and then beheaded. The suspects have been arrested. One of them is a vulcaniser whose advances she had previously rejected.
The Curse Ceremony
Dressed in black, community members gathered to place curses on the killers. They knelt on the floor and placed their hands on the ground as they prayed. The man coordinating the spiritual exercise called on the spirit of the slain nurse to rise and take vengeance.
He began the prayer by calling on God in heaven to listen. 'God in heaven listen, the earth listen, the forests listen, the air listen, insects listen, every one who has powers listen,' he said.
He then called on Wendy to rise and chase her killers and their families in the morning, noon, and night, from the front, back, and all sides. The man declared: 'The tears you cried when they took your life, they will cry in their families. All the screams you screamed, it will be the portion of their families.'
Specific Curses
- Any wife married into that family will die in childbirth.
- The ones who have been born will die young.
- We will hear how these people die premature deaths.
- From now henceforth, don't rest, keep chasing them.
- Everything you suffered, they will suffer in their families.
He concluded: 'And everything we have decreed, no pastor can revoke it, no native doctor (dibia) can revoke it. As we have decreed it, so shall it be in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.'
The video of the ceremony has been widely shared on social media.
