Catholic Priest Gives Opening Prayer At Witchcraft Conference In UNN

The two-day conference, which was organized by Professor B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, started yesterday, after an intense opposition.

Many groups including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, had protested against the conference.

It started with the 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.

The conference tagged, “Witchcraft: Meaning, factors and practices”, was however later renamed to “Dimensions of Human Behaviour“, after the university’s vice-chancellor (VC) gave the directive.

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.”

Naija News, however, learned that despite the name change, the sub-themes of the conference were retained while the deliberations centered on witchcraft.

The vice-chancellor, who was billed to speak at the programme, failed to show up and did not send any representative.