Man Flee Over Live Threat after Rejecting Community Deity Priest Responsibility

One of the fundamental human rights is the right to religion of one’s choice, but for a 31 years old Monday Igbinosa Edobor, a perceived devoted Christian, this may not be the best of time as he may have found himself in a crisis that is forcefully making him to renounce his Christian religion.
It was gathered that the elders and rulers of his community, identified as Evboesi Community in Edo State, South – South, Nigeria are making frantic effort to make Monday Igbinosa Edobor the priest of the community deity, known as “Elegbe”, a development that is against his Christian belief.
Sources said the strong deity which the community has been worshiping for centuries usually demands for a servant or priest every decade (10 Years) from a random family and such priest must be the last born of the chosen family.
Although as of the time of filling this report, nobody knows the whereabouts of Monday Igbinosa Edobor, sources said he may have run away, as far as outside the country to safe his live and keep his Christianity belief, which negate idol worshipping.
According to source, trouble started for Monday Igbinosa Edobor on July 10, 2023 when the current chief priest made an announcement that the gods have chosen a new servant (priest) which is from Edobor’s immediate family and the selection was further traced down to be Monday Igbinosa Edobor, who is the last born of his family and a devoted Christian.
Considering the spiritual implications to his religious belief, Monday Igbinosa Edobor and his siblings was said to have met with the Chief Priest and the community elders to give the deity priest/servant to someone else who will joyfully accept it, but they were told that no one can step in or undo what the gods and their ancestors have approved because of the physical and the spiritual implications.
Worried by the development and scared of losing his religious belief and his life, especially, because not everyone that goes through the initiation process that comes out alive; he went to meet with his spiritual father (Pastor) who advised and encouraged him to be strong in the faith and prayed for God to intervene and deliver him from the entire ugly situation.
Monday Igbinosa Edobor was said to have reported the matter to the law enforcement agents and they allegedly advised him to cooperate with the elders of the community by accepting the responsibility, as the only option to sort out the issue. Monday Igbinosa Edobor was said to have played along by telling the law enforcement agents that he will accept the deity priest responsibility only for him to run away later.
Following his disappearance, it was gathered that the elders of the community felt betrayed, and subsequently imposed stringent restrictions on Edobor’s family at social gathering and also spread rumors to tarnish the family reputation within the community. Sources said the maltreatment mounted on Monday Igbinosa’s aged parents and the associated trauma eventually led to their death.
According to sources, although Monday Igbinosa Edobor has run away from the community and his parent has passed away, the elders alongside the youths in the community are making frantic effort to ensure that they locate him and installed him as the community deity priest since he has been chosen by the gods and nobody can replace him.