Adeyinka Olaiya, Editor-at-Large, Sao Paulo/
There’s a growing problem in Brazil, and some people believe the solution is in Nigeria.
Men are killing their wives over infidelity. It was the subject of academic discourse at an event covered by NewsmakersNG in Brazil.
To save themselves from going to prison for this crime of passion, some men are seeking help from Southwest Nigeria after learning of a Yoruba-anti-adultery charm called Magun, meaning Don’t Climb.
Babalorixá Humberto de Castro in a lecture at Ile-Ifa on the outskirts of Praia Grande in Sao Paulo recalled the incidence that led his spiritual father Babalorisa Leandro to Osogbo, Osun State, in Nigeria searching for the real Magun to combat the problem of his most loved client, but he could not get the real one. He came back to Brazil disappointed and has since offered good cash to whoever is able to get him the real one.
“I have heard and seen videos of the functions of Magun. I believe in it and I am sure it will get to me one day,” he said.
In most cases of adultery in Brazil lately, partners are stabbed or shot to death when caught by their lovers or husbands.
Edio Souza, a Brazilian partner who lost his temper and stabbed his wife when he caught her making love to a neighbour, said: “If only I knew of Magun, I wouldn’t have attempted killing my wife for cheating on me. I would have used Magun to save my marriage. The man would have catapulted and die. No police would have arrested me for using African power. No court would have jailed me for using Magun.”
While participating in Dr Emiliano’s family reconciliation lecture at CEJUSP (Conflict and Citizenship Solution Center) in Suzano, Sao Paulo, Baba de Castro said, “Instead of buying a gun to kill the tout who was dating my wife, I would have bought Magun.”
The lecture, attended by several dignitaries, was meant to tackle the irreversible effects of attacks on marriage partners.
After failing to secure Magun from Yoruba traditionalists in Brazil, some of the seekers said they were told that the charm would lose its efficacy once it is taken across the sea.
There were those who tried to buy magic bulletproof called Ayeta from Yoruba traditionalists, but it failed to work when tested by firing gunshots on animals that had the charm on.
“I have suddenly killed my cat when I tested the Yoruba bulletproof on it. The bullet penetrated the cat and it died off,” Orixá Aleco da Silva lamented.
Magun became popular in Brazil after videos shared around the world showed how a Nigerian husband allegedly used it on his wife who cheated on him in Bahia, Brazil.
A Nigerian lover also allegedly used it on his wife who cheated on him in Poland and the video became viral among the Nigerians in Diaspora.
Magun was said to have been created for the first time by a herbalist who wanted to use spiritual connections to enhance traps used by hunters to track down animals. He invented the spiritual Magun power to arrest any trespassing animal of those days in the bush. The discovery was later taken home by hunters to use on their women. Fathers are also said to have used Magun to protect their daughters from sexual molestations by placing the charm on them.
Women are laced with Magun as they unknowingly walk across a thread on the ground or a broom that has the charm on it. Besides her husband, any man that sleeps with such a woman will not live to tell the story. He will either crow to death or somersault three times and die.
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