Osaze Odemwingie Claims That Over 70% Of African Professional Footballers Patronise Native Doctors

Date: 21-02-2019 12:36 pm (5 years ago) | Author: CLARA JANCITA
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Ex-Nigerian international, Osaze Odemwingie, has claimed that over 70 percent of African professional footballers patronises native doctors. According to Odemwingie, these African players make use of witch doctors to boost their medical conditions and performances on the pitch.

The former West Brom striker, who last played for Nigerian at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Russia, stated this in an interview with Pulse.

The 36-year-old said:
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“What did you encounter when I moved to Nigeria at the age of 17? With a football player. In training, I rolled my own two legs, I left the rolled-up roll, but in the fall I also hurt my shoulder and broke my arm. Mom was afraid to tell, so they took me to the local shamans [native doctors]. They poured hot water to relax their muscles.

“Somehow they returned the hand to the place, while I yelled, they twisted some small sticks. They conjured something else to grow better. Some local affairs. Something was connected with the chicken, some kind of rite. I come home, my mother saw the hand: “Broke?”. I answer: “Aha.” They were taken to a regular hospital, anesthesia was done, they put the plaster on. All is well in the end.”


Odemwingie added:
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“Just at least 70% of players believe in it. They think that some kind of salve will save them. This is more suggestion. Brainwashing goes. But three years in Nigeria have been helpful to me. They called me to the big league, and there my career developed much faster.”


Posted: at 21-02-2019 12:36 PM (5 years ago) | Hero
- olowoinlionsden at 21-02-2019 12:59 PM (5 years ago)
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True Talk.  'Mathematical'Segun Odegbami once confessed he often suffered headache as a result of so much incisions on that part of his body  when he was playing for 'Shootin'.
Posted: at 21-02-2019 12:59 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- shalomvic at 21-02-2019 02:33 PM (5 years ago)
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This is the problem I have with Nigerians, lets stop spoiling our image pls. U  peppl are not d only one doing dis tin. Its all over d world. Some many stars n celeb do join one tin or d other to b famous but u won't hear it out there. But Nigerians always blow dia yansh open. Other people go to places to prostitute or do some other tins out there in d world but u won't hear it.  Stop letting d world to keep having bad impression about Nigerians & making dem believe there re no gud pple in Nigeria. So many countries like India, Jamaica, China, Haiti etc practice Vudu more than Nigeria, but they don't spoil their pple or country like we do to ours. Pls, let's stop dis.
Posted: at 21-02-2019 02:33 PM (5 years ago) | Upcoming
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- proly at 21-02-2019 03:32 PM (5 years ago)
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So true
Posted: at 21-02-2019 03:32 PM (5 years ago) | Hero
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- favourita at 21-02-2019 04:31 PM (5 years ago)
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Dis is no longer a news Grin though not only Africa people as people are thinking, even d white people do charms more than us' is what I know Tongue Tongue idiot fellows Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
Posted: at 21-02-2019 04:31 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kima77same at 21-02-2019 06:29 PM (5 years ago)
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Despite all that, they have not won the world cup.  Oh, what a shame!
Posted: at 21-02-2019 06:29 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ejikeiyo at 22-02-2019 01:11 AM (5 years ago)
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Wasted Generation
Posted: at 22-02-2019 01:11 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- emma4love3 at 22-02-2019 07:11 AM (5 years ago)
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including the perosn talking too....
Posted: at 22-02-2019 07:11 AM (5 years ago) | Hero
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