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AFTER 14 DAYS DRY FASTING! Father of five runs mad in Benin, begs to kill himself
A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man has gone mad after a 14-day dry fasting and praying at an unnamed church in Benin, Edo State.
The man, who was said to have been married with five children,
He was said to be returning from the church where he carried out the fasting and praying when starting behaving abnormally.
Witnesses said he demanded a plate of fufu and meat but started making incoherent statements saying he wants to kill himself.
TheNation reports that several efforts by sympathizers to make the man go home were resisted as he rushed to lie down on the busy Upper Sokponba road.
The pastor of the church where he carried out the fasting came to the scene but refused to give his name.
He simply advised the people to allow the man to rest and eat.
A former member of the church, who pleaded anonymity, said she left the church because of the manners members were subjected to hunger in the name of fasting.
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