EXTRA: Catholic priest offers opening prayer at UNN conference on witchcraft
Innocent Enweh, a Catholic priest, said the opening prayer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) conference on witchcraft.
The two-day conference, being organised by Professor B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in UNN, began on Monday after intense opposition.
TheCable had reported how various groups, including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, kicked against the conference.
It started with reading of Bible passages alongside the prayer after which the choir of Christ Church chapel, a church located in the university, rendered the opening hymn.
VC ORDERED CHANGE OF TITLE, SHUNNED CONFERENCE
The conference tagged, “Witchcraft: Meaning, factors and practices”, was later renamed to “Dimensions of Human Behaviour”, following a directive from Charles Igwe, the university vice-chancellor (VC).
In the directive, a copy of which was seen by TheCable, Okwun Omeaku, the school public relations officer, said the VC directed that the topic be changed “in response to the yearnings of the public that have erroneously misconstrued the ideas behind the choice of the topic.”
TheCable observed that despite the change of name, the sub-themes of the conference were retained while the deliberations centred on witchcraft.
The vice-chancellor, who was billed to speak at the programme, failed to show up and did not send any representative.
A cowardly Vice Chancellor.
The time has come for people to know more about this witchcraft thing and their practices. This will enable one to be able to fight against them or at least to be able to defend oneself.
Spiritual matters cannot be discussed by a natural man because he cannot understand it. Some men of God come face to face with the activities of witches. Yet they cannot explain much except the manifestation and what the witches themselves or those delivered from the organisation said.
I believe that everyone is entitled to choose and practice what he/she believes in As long as it does not contravene the law
Witchcraft is a spiritual matter. It is altogether activities of evil people with evil sprit. Take it or leave it, that spirit can not do good but evil irrespective who is possessed be an illiterate or a professor.