{"id":152109,"date":"2025-02-21T12:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/prophet-jeremiah-odumeje-others-practice-juju-fr-kelvin-exposes-nigerian-churches"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:55:09","slug":"prophet-jeremiah-odumeje-others-practice-juju-fr-kelvin-exposes-nigerian-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/prophet-jeremiah-odumeje-others-practice-juju-fr-kelvin-exposes-nigerian-churches","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Jeremiah, Odumeje, others practice juju \u2013 Fr Kelvin exposes Nigerian churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Catholic missionary priest working in Gambia, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has said that the majority of people who visit native doctors or believe in \u2018juju\u2019 are the same ones found in churches every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The priest stated that this explains why many juju practices and beliefs are transported from juju shrines straight to the churches.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his Facebook page on Friday, Ugwu claimed that more than 90% of everything Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin does, including the sale of water, oil, etc., are juju practices.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that taking a picture of someone one wants to marry to Shiloh and placing it on the altar so that the person will marry them by \u201cfire by force\u201d is a juju practice.<\/p>\n<p>Listing other forms of juju practices found in various Nigerian churches, the priest said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I wrote about juju and the so-called native doctors scamming people with what we all know does not work, those who read me got my point. But I had a lot of juju defenders and apologists who, in their bid to water down my point, decided to remind me of the activities of pastors, priests, and prophets and what we call miracles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I discovered was that the majority of the people who visit native doctors or believe in juju are the same people we see in churches every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>So, this explains why you will see lots of juju practices and beliefs transported from juju shrines straight to the churches.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking a picture of the person you want to marry to Shiloh and placing it on the altar so that they will marry you by fire by force is a juju practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOdumeje emptying seven bottles of Goya oil at every corner of your newly built house to dedicate it and drive away evil spirits is a juju practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiracle bank alerts, where money with no trace or giver simply enters your account because you shouted the loudest \u2018Amen\u2019 in church, is a juju practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraying for your neighbor to die by fire because you don\u2019t like them or are angry about their progress is a juju practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 90% of everything Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin does, including the sale of water, oil, etc., are juju practices.<\/p>\n<p>Catholics venerating images to the point that they have turned those images into objects of worship is a juju practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those silly talks during harvest and bazaar, where in a bid to get money, they tell you to buy an apple for 100k because it will give you the fruit of the womb, or buy a candle for 50k because it will make you see riches, or buy a handkerchief for 30k because it will wipe your face and make you see your future husband quicker, are all juju practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristianity is not the problem; your juju mindset is. This is why the version of Christianity most of you practice in Africa is an upgraded version of juju and witchcraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I say it again&#8230; Juju does not work. What works in juju is fear. If it works, stop speaking grammar\u2014just disappear and appear at my location. Or, from where you are, command something in my body to go missing. Mtchwwww!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Catholic missionary priest working in Gambia, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has said that the majority of people who visit native doctors or believe in \u2018juju\u2019 are the same ones found in churches every Sunday. 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