A Nigerian Army General has recounted how the juju his father gave him for his protection failed him at the war front.

Major-General Abel Obi Umahi was among Nigerian soldiers who helped to restore peace in Liberia as part of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG).

Speaking Sunday during a special thanksgiving programme to mark his successful tenure as Commander of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin in Edo State, South-South Nigeria, Umahi disclosed that during the ECOMOG mission, a bullet hit and injured his left hand side where the juju was placed.

The army top shot who is now very religious and served as a Zonal Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church in Benin until lately, contrasted this with what happened after he stopped trusting in juju.

Hear him: “In 1991, I went back to Liberia but by then I had burnt those juju. The battle was fierce this time but I was delivered by God. I am a living witness of God’s blessing.”

The church service was graced by eminent personalities who came to rejoice with Umahi, who was recently promoted to the rank of Major-General, among them Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Edo State counterpart Adams Oshiomhole, represented by his deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu.

•Photo, courtesy 247Ureports, shows Gen. Umahi on the right, with Governor Uduaghan and another military officer.