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Cat [Photo: Courtesy] In our past edition, we gave chilling accounts of how djinns and witches at the Coast are said to transform into cats, rats and even ants to gain entry into people’s homes, even raping women or stealing. Indeed, most stories on demons and djinns at the Coast seem far-fetched, until one listens to the encounters of locals with what they claim are ‘dark powerful forces.’ In areas like Bamburi, Likoni and Jomvu in Mombasa; children and adults are warned against kicking cats, rats and dogs during the day, lest they face the wrath of masquerading witches and djinns later in the night. And if a
Tragedy as bullets from armed men kill 33-year-old pregnant mother On By Boluwaji Obahopo THERE has been unceasing an outpouring of tears in Magongo community in Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State following the violent shooting and killing of a pregnant woman by men suspected to be soldiers from the Nigerian Army. But the Nigerian Army has promptly denied the involvement of its men in the shooting that terminated the woman’s life. The unpredicted ugly events that culminated in the killing of Mary Ikpelemoh, started around 8:30p.m on December 30, 2020 when the peace of the community was shattered by bouts of gunfire, which the natives took for knockouts sounds that normally usher in Christmas celebrations in the community.
Gunmen in military uniform kill Kogi’s 28-year-old pregnant woman Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja A 28-year-old pregnant woman, Mary Pelemo, has been shot dead by suspected military officers in Magongo, in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State. The deceased’s elder brother, Mr Idowu Pelemo, told journalists on Thursday that the incident occurred on Wednesday around 9pm, adding that the men stormed the community in three Hilus vans. Idowu explained that while one of the vans had the number plate, Lokoja 446 KG, another was painted in army colour and tagged, 014. He claimed that the officers chased a commercial driver from the Ibilo area to Magongo.
Nigerian Army denies killing 28-year-old pregnant woman in Kogi Published The Nigerian Army has denied reports claiming that its officers killed a 28-year-old pregnant woman, identified as Mary Pelemo in Magongo, Ogori/Magongo Local Government area of Kogi state. The elder brother of the deceased, Mr. Idowu Pelemo, who briefed newsmen on Thursday, alleged that some men in Army uniform on Wednesday at about 9 pm in Magongo, chased a driver from Ibilo in Edo State to Magongo in Kogi State. But, the Public Relation Officer of the Nigerian Army in Kogi state, Major Jafaru Muhammed in a telephone conversation with newsmen said “the Army was not involved in any operations please,”.