Word: osadebay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Police raided shrines in Benin, discovered banned devices used in juju ceremonies and two human skulls, feeding rumors that the cult engaged in human sacrifice. Finally, last spring, when Chief Dennis Osadebay, the Mid-West's Ibo prime minister, was threatened with death if he did not curb Ibo political activities, the federal government in Lagos decided to step in. Off to Benin went the respected judge D.A.R. Alexander to begin a full-dress federal inquiry...
Cauldron, Bubble. Key figure in the inquiry is 72-year-old Chief Humphrey Omo-Osagie, reputed founder of Owegbe, No. 2 man in the provincial government and, as a proud Beni, a natural opponent of Chief Osadebay. Witnesses told Justice Alexander that Omo-Osagie led Owegbe rites in his own home-grandly titled Osana House-in Benin City, even mixed Owegbe potions in a human skull. Second in Beni eyes only to the Oba of Benin-the titular ruler of the Benis-Omo-Osagie denounces the investigation as a plot to reduce the Benis to political impotence: seven...
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