Two children age, 10 and 7, were this morning, rescued from being
murdered by some members of Divine Zion of God Church Ikot Abasi Effiom
district of Akpabuyo LGA.
Led by one Prophet David Effiom Zion and some members of their
family, the children were accused by their cousin of being witches and
allegedly snatching her baby in a dream.
The stigma that confronted the children since they were branded
witches took on a new dimension when the children were taken to the
forest, tied to a tree, battered and assaulted with a machete by some
members of the family, leaving them with cuts and bruises all over their
bodies.
This happened on the heels of the screening of the movie ‘The Fake
Prophet’ in Ikot Offiong Ambai community in Akpabuyo Local Government
Area (LGA) by Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), a child’s rights
organization based in Calabar.
Calabar Pastor Ties Children To Tree, Assault Them With Machete Over Alleged Witchcraft | crossriverwatch.com
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