How Can We Remove My Boyfriend From That Bottle?

My boyfriend of two years recently confessed to me that he believes he has been bewitched. He’s a truck driver. He works very hard. There is not a day when he doesn’t go to work yet he has nothing to show for it. Whenever something about money comes up he would complain that he doesn’t have anything.

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Can you believe that despite all his sweat and toil, I am the one practically taking care of him? The food he eats, I provide. In fact, think of all the expenses a man makes to live decently, I bear the cost.

There was a time he told me he needed ₦200,000 because all the truck drivers at his workplace were contributing money to buy additional trucks. The story didn’t sound very clear to me, but I still helped him with ₦50,000. A few days later, he called and said, “By the grace of God, I have my own truck now. Thank you for helping me out.”

I was happy for him. I was sure his fortune would turn around and I would start seeing changes in his life in terms of money. To this day, that hasn’t happened. He has never given me anything or contributed a kobo to my life. All he does is take from me.

His behaviour is making me feel like I’m the man in the relationship. There were times I tried to break up with him, but we always found our way to each other. I try to make it work. I try to be patient with him and see if things would change. Nothing changes.

Just last week, I texted him saying I wanted to end things for good. “I am not comfortable with the way there’s no progress in this relationship. We have been marking time since we started dating,” I explained. It was a hard thing to do but I felt it was necessary. I want a future with someone who can be my partner. What we have feels one sided.

I didn’t expect him to accept the break up easily. He never did in the past. And truly, he didn’t disappoint. He said, “Please, don’t leave me until hear what I have to say. Can we meet?” I wasn’t sure it was a good idea but he was persistent. In the end, I went.

That’s when he told me his mother had called from the village to say she did some consultations on his behalf. She wanted to know why his life was stagnant. In her quest, she met a man who revealed something disturbing.

According to her, someone my boyfriend used to work for, back when he was riding a motorbike, was responsible for his lack of progress in life.

“How?” I asked out of curiosity.

“My mother said the man tied me spiritually in a bottle.” He answered. “He bewitched me so that I will keep working hard but never see the results of my labour.”

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Honestly, if it was someone else I wouldn’t have bought this. But looking at his life, I believe it might be true. This is a man who works tirelessly, hardly sleeps, yet has nothing to show for it. Each time something good is about to happen for him, it somehow falls apart. It’s heartbreaking to watch him lose everything and sink into depression.

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He doesn’t know what he did to the man for him to do this to him. All we know is that he demanded ₦300,000 to perform a ritual to free my boyfriend from the bottle. But where will he get that kind of money? He’s working, but he’s not earning anything. I also don’t have that kind of money to give him.

Please, is there anyone who knows what can be done in a situation like this?

—Rita

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