Photos: Mysterious healing river appears in Enugu state

A River with 'healing
powers' (according to the people of the community)
mysteriously appeared in a community in Enugu
State called Nachi, in Udi LGA. The river, now called
Orimiri Jordan (River Jordan) was first seen on Nov.
11th. Continue..
According to reports, a Fulani Herdsmen first spotted
the river and ran to people in the community to alert
them of the discovery. He told them that as he
passed the area with his herd of cattle, he heard a
strange noise, and when he turned back, he saw the
river that wasn't there previously.
The community went to look for themselves and
discovered that the water has healing powers. But
the traditional ruler of Nachi community said
something slightly different. He said the river
appears every 20 to 30 years but dries up after a few
weeks so it wasn't anything new.
An elder in the community explained:
"We noticed that after some years, the water will
form a stream there and would disappear in few
weeks. If such happens, we will be fetching water
there. However, women who are menstruating
and evil people don't go there. We never heard
about healing power of the River until this recent
appearance of the River.
"The last time it appeared was in 1992, and at
that time, it just formed a small stream, which
later disappeared. It has never been as large as
this. This is all I know, we have never known
about its healing power, this is the first time we
are hearing about healing, I don't whether it is
true".
Meanwhile, Okada people are already making money
from this as they charge passengers between N500
to N1,000 to transport them from a junction to the
Healing River as hundreds visit the place every day
to get some of the water which quite a lot of people
testify has healing powers.
LIB