According to the white man, “Necessity, is the mother of invention”....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
That was how in 1999, the popular Bakassi vigilant group was born. A group of shoe dealers who occupied the famous Bakassi Line, in Ariaria main market Aba, decided to take laws into their hands after enduring constantly robbery and pick pocket from thie.ves.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
The Shoe dealers were mainly indigens from Abriba, a town in Abis state known for having ancestors who are skilled warriors and brave hunters in Igbo land.
These men who would later refer themselves as Bakassi boys, went diabolic. They went to their powerful shrines, where they got spiritual powers and charms.
They went on to haunt down robbers.
Their action caused fear in the heart of many that most thieves had to flee Aba for the gear of the Bakassi boys. The Bakassi boys had charms that made them know if someone was innocent or guilty.
They would place their matchete on the person’s chest, And machete would turn red if the person was guilty. Anyone who they found guilty, they cut into bits and set their remains on fi.re.
Many armed robbery groups attempted to fight off the Bakassi boys, But they failed, because the Bakassi boys had been spiritually cooked in ite Ogu, which made them resistant to gun shots and knives, Thus, the word ‘Odeshi’ which translates to ”It doesn’t penetrate ” in English.
Any group that attacked the Bakassi boys always took to their heal, when they see the bullet not piercing the skin of the Bakassi boys. The terror of the Bakassi boys spread to all other Igbo states.
Anambra and Imo hired the boys to come help them combat evul doers as well. It was in this course that they ki.lled likes of Derico Nwa mama and Eddy. The Bakassi boys increased in their numbers, The people sang their praises as to how they were able to reduce cri.me.
Little did they know that the almighty boys would soon become corrupt as a result of greed. The Bakassi boys soon lost focus of their mandate and began to work for politicians. They attacked anyone who seemed to stand in the way of their politician friends.
Till this day, some people of Anambra believes that Eddy Nawgu was kill.ed intentionally by the Bakassi boys for mare political reasons. Rumours had it that the boys began to fall apart and loose their great charms when they did the things that the Dibia warned them against. There were claims that they even kille.d the Dibia, so that no one would be left to undo their charms,
But they lost it anyways.
They began to sleep around with women which was one of the things the Dibia warned them against, When they realized they had lost their powers, They soon turned to become that which they once fought against>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
