Supernatural protection fails, as Nigerian witch doctor gets 14-year jail sentence in the US

by Damilola Jagun

A 58 year old Nigerian witch doctor based in the United States, Christopher Omigie, has been sentenced to 14 years in a US federal prison for  providing drug traffickers with magical and supernatural protection.

Christopher Omigie, a naturalized U.S. citizen had been living in Lafayette, Louisiana.

He was sentenced on Friday, May 1, in federal court in Beaumont, Texas.

Omigie  allegedly introduced himself to drug traffickers as a witch doctor who had the powers to prevent them from being arrested while they smuggled hard drugs.

He was reportedly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide the smugglers with supernatural protection from law enforcement agencies.

During his hearing, prosecutors told the presiding judge, Judge Marcia Crone, that: “Omigie was consulted by drug traffickers in the Cesar Barrera and David Bazan drug trafficking organizations 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).”

The prosecutors also revealed to the court that Omigie warned his clients against having sex and taking a shower after they had applied his magical products so as not to “not diminish the potency of his work.

However, Omigie’s attorney, Jonathan D. Goins, criticized the US prosecutors for calling his client a “witch doctor”, arguing that the man was a respected tribal 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.”

“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.”

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