To Know About Witch Gun, You Must Know About Witchcraft-Dr. Kabba

The National President of Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union, Dr. Alhaji Suliaman Kabba, has stated that for one to operate witch gun, the person must know about witchcraft. He made the statement at his Calaba Town office in Freetown while explaining the dangers of witch gun and the number of witch gun confessions in late 2009. He said a person who operates witch gun would never be perceived by the ordinary eye adding that such people only carry out their evil acts when they are in an invisible state.
Dr. Kabba also said that formerly witch guns were used by members of secret societies to punish what he called law breakers. He opined that “today people have turned this gun into an instrument to make money. In fact some use as low as three or five thousand Leones to kill their brothers, friends and other family members.”
He further stated that “most witch gun killings are borne out of malicious jealousy, for positions in offices, for political reasons and a host of other related reasons.” The Traditional Healer President continued to categorize the different types of witch guns and their deadly effects. “The earliest and deadliest type of witch gun is made out of the husk from rice, but today’s witch guns are made out of gun powder while others are made out of lead. In fact the type of witch gun bullet that is most frequently removed when people are shot is the lead.”
He maintained that it was impossible for a traditional healer to remove more than four witch gun bullets from someone’s body. “A lot of healers use means to inject more witch gun bullets into people’s body. This is normally done with the intention of making money.” He further revealed that “a victim of witch gun attack initially feels feverish, experiences weakness of the joints and loss of health as early symptoms. He said anyone who had experienced the symptoms and had tried English medicine without success needs to see a native doctor urgently.
Dr. Kabba revealed that he had arrested many people with witch guns with the intention of destroying innocent lives. He said it was with that view that they established the union, adding that they were calling on the government to give them a backing in carrying out their work.
By Abdul Samba Brima