After bringing the statue home, the family's children began getting sick and were unsettled, she said.
That night, family members reported Moses speaking in "puzzles" and having a restless night, Orupe said.
"Things were coming out of her mouth - saying the same things - 'money', 'the funeral', 'the hits'. We couldn't get her to sleep."
Sounds like there was a sickness which she and the children had contracted. These ignorant people associated it with spirits. Unfortunately there are still so many cultures who still have these ancient belief systems and whilst they do these kinds of stories will continue.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” Christopher Hitchens
