Post by Henry Emeka (@Emekus)

At the age of 13, Ovey Friday was accused of witchcraft by his stepmother and taken to a traditional shrine in the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa, where he was tortured.

By the time a neighbour alerted police and he was taken to hospital, the damage was irreversible.

The herbalist brought charcoal, put something on my hands, tied my hands [along] with my leg, put pepper there inside the charcoal, then cover[ed] me with a bedsheet," recalls Friday, now aged 19.

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