False Prophet

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A four year old girl lies naked in a ditch filled with human waste; her entire body pulsates with pain. She barely grasps to the ever so delicate strings of life. Flies bite at her open burns; she is helpless and can do nothing to prevent their larva from being deposited into her wounds. Images flash in her mind; she is with her family at Liberty Gospel Church in Nigeria. Evangelist Helen Ukpabio’s words echo in her ears, “This girl is a witch; she must be delivered in the name of Jesus Christ.” An image of her father clutching a bottle filled with a clear liquid invades her head. Visions of her father trying to force her to drink the bottles contents start to flash in her mind. Her father had tried to kill her; she just would not tell her daddy that she was a witch like Mrs. Ukpabio had said. She had seen images of children eating human flesh, flying around poisoning their families’ food supply on her parent’s television at home. She remembered Mrs. Ukpabio constantly denouncing other kids in her village for witch craft. Her father had tossed her into this ditch to die, an innocent child branded a witch. Thousands of other innocent children suffer like this little girl every day in Nigeria. The documentary “Return to Africa’s Witch Children,” sheds light on the UN-Godly false professes headed by Helen Ukpabio. Evangelist Helen Ukpabio is responsible for over 15,000 alleged witch children being tortured, abandon and even killed.

Helen Ukpabio is the head pastor of Liberty Gospel church and presides over 150 branches of Pentecostal religion, she claims to have a “God given g...

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...elen Ukpabio is responsible for over 15,000 alleged witch children being tortured abandon and even killed.

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Oppenheimer, Mark. "A Nigerian Witch-Hunter Defends Herself - NYTimes.com." NY Times Advertisement. 21 May 2010. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. .

"Return to Africa’s Witch Children | Watch Free Documentary Online." Top Documentary Films - Watch Free Documentaries Online. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. .

Ukpabio, Helen. "End Of The Wicked - Helen Ukpabio - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. .

Ukpabio, Helen. "Helen Ukpabio’s "UNVEILING THE MYSTERIES OF WITCHCRAFT"" International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization - IHEYO. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. .

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