Punch Newspapers claims that some desperate people have resorted to the risky and illegal practice of Okite rituals—a horrifying process in which one is buried alive as a method of obtaining wealth—in an attempt to get quick money. Those who survive the experience are said to get supernatural luck through the gory ceremony, which is carried out under the close supervision of a top priest.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
James Ubeh, one of the individuals who dared to undergo the ritual, described the horrifying process.
“We were taken to a forest in the morning to dig our graves and finished around 3pm.
We were told to rest until the time for the final rituals.
At exactly 1am, we were marched back into the dark forest.”
According to him, the final phase of the ritual began in the dead of night.
“By 2am, the priest’s servants placed the caskets into the graves, and we were ordered to enter the grave naked.
The chief priest himself sealed the caskets, while his servants covered us with sand.”
The Okite ritual is not only extreme but life-threatening, with many participants never making it out alive.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
