Christopher Omigie, 58,
Nigerian-American “witchdoctor” who pleaded guilty on October 28, 2014 to
conspiracy to distribute cocaine was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison 30th
April by US District Judge Marcia A. Crone.
Omigie was indicted by a
federal grand jury on September 5, 2013, for drug trafficking violations in the
Eastern District of Texas, announced US Attorney John M. Bales on Thursday.
According to information
presented in court, Omigie, based in Lafayette, Los Angeles, presented himself
to drug traffickers as a witch doctor was consulted by drug traffickers in the
Cesar Barrera and David Bazan drug trafficking organisations on a daily basis,
before, during and after each drug transaction and was paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars to provide supernatural protection from law enforcement..
The supernatural
protections rendered involved card readings, massages (by Omigie) with magic
ointments, cutting of the skin with razor blades and the topical application of
magic powder, the use of magic amulets, magic belts, magic coconuts and magic
rocks (that those being treated were required to talk to).
Drug traffickers were
required by Omigie to go without bathing and intercourse for a period of time following
magic treatments so as not to diminish the potency of those ministrations.
Magic “law stay away” candles were also burned in order to protect drug
traffickers from law enforcement detection. Omigie would regularly return to
Africa, at drug traffickers’ expense, to renew his supernatural powers.
This case was investigated
by the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney John Craft.
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