A MAN was shot dead when his faith in a bullet-proof charm proved unfounded in the east Nigeria town of Ohafia, a Nigerian paper reported on Monday. The unindentified man boasted to his neighbours that he would not be harmed if fired at after wearing the charm. The man asked a relative to shoot him in a bid to test the efficacy of his charm. The bullet ripped through his body, killing him instantly. The police has arrested the relative for interrogation.
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