Nigerian Witch Doctor gets 14 Years jail term in the US

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It was reported on firstclass newsline sometime ago that the self
aclaimed witch doctor who had magical powers he gives to drug lords to
evade arrest and avoid been caught was arrested in the USA.
In the recent development,it was learnt that the Fifty-eight-year-old
Nigerian man, Christopher Omigie, who is a self-acclaimed witch
doctor, has been sentenced to 14 years in a US federal prison for
providing drug traffickers with magical and "supernatural" protection.
At a court hearing on April 30, prosecutors told the presiding judge,
Judge Marcia Crone, that Omigie presented himself to drug traffickers
as a witch doctor who had the powers to prevent them from being
arrested while they smuggled banned drugs and was paid "hundreds of
thousands of dollars" to give supernatural protection from law
enforcement.
"Omigie was consulted by drug traffickers in the Cesar Barrera and
David Bazan drug trafficking organisations on a daily basis and
before, during and after each drug transaction.
"The supernatural protections rendered involved card readings,
massages (by Omigie) with magic ointments, cutting of the skin with
razor blades and the topical application of magic powder, the use of
magic amulets, magic belts, magic coconuts and magic rocks (that those
being treated were required to talk to)."
According to the prosecutors, Omigie demanded the smugglers not to
have sex or take a shower after they had applied his magical products
so they will "not diminish the potency" of his work.
"Magic 'law stay-away' candles were also burned in order to protect
drug traffickers from law enforcement detection. Omigie would
regularly return to Africa, at drug traffickers' expense, to re-new
his supernatural powers."
Omigie's attorney, Jonathan D. Goins in Houston, criticised the US
prosecutors for calling his client a "witch doctor", arguing that Mr
Omigie was a respected chief in Nigeria.
"Mr. Omigie is a Nigerian tribal chief, a title he inherited from his
father, and he is a native doctor. The term 'witch doctor' is both
pejorative and wrong."
Goins said his client had a "minimal" role in the drug scheme and his
sentence was "greatly out of proportion".
"While Mr. Omigie was involved in this drug scheme, he was not a major
figure in this, and in fact his involvement was extremely limited and
minor," he said.
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