A mentally derailed man identified as Mr Denen has kept many in shock in the city of Makurdi, the Benue State capital as residents continue to troop to him at the JS Tarka Foundation where he offers medical services to a large number of people with different health challenges.
A Benue State broadcast platform, Citizen TV visited the venue on Wednesday, and reported the mentally unstsble man would upon seeing a patient, write a number of Tiv traditional ailment affecting the person and directing them to different traditional doctors who are expected to treat the patient.
According to a source who spoke with DAILY POST, the man had Masters Degree from the University of Jos before his unfortunate predicament.
The source said a large number of patients usually gather at the JS Tarka Foundation in High-Level Makirdi to consult the man over their health issues.
According to a lady who gave her name as Sandra, she heard about the man and had to come because she had acute pains in her chest and it seemed to have defiled all medical conditions.
Sandra said she had conducted the ‘mad doctor’ and already given a piece of paper containing what was wrong with her and she was going to see a traditional healer.
Another patient Mr Aondohemen who spoke with the Television crew said for him, it was luck.
“He has shown me where to go and I am going there. I heard about him and have to come all the way from my village to try and see how it will go”.
Also a worker of the man who prefered anonymity said, he had part of his head swollen up and had sought medical attention from all the hospitals without any help.
According to him, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom had given him money for treatment on several occasions but it didn’t heal until the day he met the mentally challenged man. He simply asked him to apply a certain herb and he was healed.
Since then, I always come here every evening after my work to help him on guiding people,” he added.
A 30-year-old woman who works to support the mad man in attending to people recounted how people had thanked the man for helping them.
“They always come here. After being healed, they come to give him cash donations. Government officials, public servants, policemen and many other people,” She said.
Following the trend, a Facebook user took to his page on Friday to express shock over the activities of the healer-man.
According to him, “I’m a bit confused. I was told of a ‘mad’ native doctor who sits at the entrance of IBB Square Makurdi and prescribes native medicine for sick people within Makurdi town.
“I learnt of this man through one of my friends who asked me to accompany him and his sick brother to consult the man for a medical solution. I was surprised when I saw a lot of people hovering around a supposed “mad” man for medical help.
A young woman within the age of 29 to 30 years appeared and presented herself to be working for the supposed “mad” man.
“Soon as we were about leaving, some group of persons came with gifts and money to give thanks to the man for healing their sick son.
‘I also met one of my old girlfriends standing close to the man and she also testified during our conversation that she had also received useful medical advice from the man.
What the man does is that he will listen to you and consult his oracle and then directs you on where to get native medical attention or help.
“My friend who brought in a stroke patient walked towards the man to make inquiries and to my greatest surprise, he politely asked him to queue up that he will not attend to anyone no matter how highly placed except he queues up behind the other patients who were already waiting in line.