Bizarrely, perhaps due to the exponential growth of Evangelical Christianity in parts of Nigeria, thousands of children are being blamed for poor living conditions in the country and accused of witchcraft often prompted by church pastors. It is estimated that some 15,000 children have been accused of this practise over the past decade and a horrifying one thousand of them murdered. There have been reports of children being buried alive, forced to drink acid and having their limbs broken.

Ill informed families are being preached to that "once a child is said to be a witch to be possessed with a certain spiritual spell capable of making the child to transform into, like cat, snake, vipers, a child could cause all sorts of havoc like killing of people, bringing about diseases, misfortune into family." And what is the motivation for these pastors? Money. The pastors claim they can 'cure' the child witches for between £200 - £1300.