DRUG DEALER: VOODOO MADE ME DO IT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A man convicted of heroin trafficking said voodoo
made him do it. The judge didn't buy it.

Olakunle A. Osoba was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.

Before the sentencing, Osoba, 50, a native of Nigeria, told U.S. District
Judge John D. Holschuh that his problems started when he began living with
a woman in New York.

He said she was a witch who repeatedly fed him "voodoo poisonous food." His
health deteriorated and he began suffering from arthritis.

Osoba said he left the woman, at the suggestion of police, but she still
controlled him.

He said she ordered him through his dreams to send her money, and he began
selling drugs to finance the payments.

Osoba said he realized that Americans have difficulty believing in the
power of voodoo.

"But in Africa, they know better," he said.