Former Super Eagles defence strongman, Taribo West made a shocking
confession recently. He revealed that during his football career days he
used juju to play on the field.
The ex-footballer turned pastor said he had a manager from Senegal
and his manager would take him to several native doctors in Senegal
where they will cut his tongue, hands and legs and then cook it.
“I spend most of my time at home meditating. All I want to do is to
keep spreading the gospel. In my own little way, I have been into
evangelisation visiting places like Ughelli and within the Orile
community, Ajegunle and so on. God has been kind during these visits to
preach the gospel to people who are yet to receive
Christ. We believe He
will take us global very soon,” Taribo said.
It will be recalled that Super Eagles attacker, Brown Ideye came out
and advised African players to stop using juju to enhance their playing
prowess.
“Your background experience counts. We turn to God to give us direction. I’m happy how far He has taken us.
“The gospel is for the poor, rich and noble. Part of the gift God
gave me is to reach out to the downtrodden.
It is good if you can reach
out to the downtrodden, preach the gospel to them and try to meet some
of their needs through humanitarian services. I’m grateful to God for
using me to spread the gospel across to these people,” he said.
On getting to Europe, Taribo would find himself entangled in another life of charms and superstitious beliefs.
A move from Auxerre to Milan saw him playing for rivals AC and Inter —
one of few players to achieve the feat — in a three-year stint in
Italy.
With a new-found life of affluence, the big defender paid huge sums
of money for him to be supplied charms to win games, protect him from
career-threatening injuries and also to be foretold the results of
matches before they were played.