Oba of Benin places curse on k!dnappers, armed r@bbers, criminals

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has placed a spiritual curse on k!dnappers, armed robbers, and all persons planning to commit evil in his kingdom and across Edo State.

Oba Ewuare II invoked the curse through priests and priestesses of all shrines, the Ewaise (traditional physicians), the Iwebo society, and Aiyelala.

The spiritual exercise began with a procession from the Oba’s Palace and peaked at the palace’s main entrance in Benin City.

The participants were dressed in ceremonial regalia and carried traditional spiritual objects. They poured libations, performed propitiatory rites and invoked ancestral spirits to bear witness against those responsible for acts of v!olence and those collaborating with them in any part of the state.