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The prophetess identified as Betty Acaa heads the church located at Aremo village, Aremo Sub County, Omoro district.
Acaa reportedly told the deceased who has been identified as Poly Grace Akullu, that a demonic spell she was under required that she be caned alongside the prayers to chase them away.
According to Walter Okecha, the Aremo village LC1 chairman, Akullu succumbed to the injuries on her way back home after her husband rushed to her rescue.
David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Region police spokesman the body is to be subjected to a postmortem as the matter is being investigated.
Daily Monitor
Thursday May 13 2021
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The prophetess heads a church located in Aremo Sub-county. The suspect reportedly told the deceased, Poly Grace Akullu, that besides prayer, a demon possessing her required that she be caned to chase them away.
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Police in Omoro District are holding a self-proclaimed prophetess on allegations of flogging her follower to death during a prayer session on Monday.
The prophetess heads a church located in Aremo Sub-county. The suspect reportedly told the deceased, Poly Grace Akullu, that besides prayer, a demon possessing her required that she be caned to chase them away.
The suspect, in the process of ‘exorcising the evil spirits,’ reportedly beat up the deceased with sticks until she collapsed.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is due to sentence Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier who became one of the top commanders of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda.
The 45-year-old in February was found guilty of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony.
Prosecutors have asked for a 20-year prison term, saying Ongwen’s own history as a schoolboy abducted by the LRA justifies a lower sentence than the maximum 30 years to life allowed by the ICC.