Nigerian man: “I almost cut off my penis so I could stop being gay”

A Nigerian gay man struggled terribly with accepting his sexual orientation, and at some point, tried to cut off his own penis.

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Ibe, told NoStrings that even though many people do not know that he is gay, he feels really different and so, isolates himself.

Ibe said that he has always felt that being gay is wrong and so wishes to change. But everything worsened when he met a so called christian prophet who convinced him that there was something 
special about him. He said;

“I was told by a prophet that there is a light on my head, and that I am going to be a very powerful prophet”

After hearing this, Ibe said that he became so worried that his sexual orientation could stop him from getting close to God, and possibly, also stop him from being a prophet, and so decided to do something about it. He said;

“In a bid to fight my homosexual feelings, I went to different places for deliverance including an occult grandmaster who is now a Christian but still no deliverance came”

After so many failed attempts at trying to change his sexual orientation, Ibe said that he became so frustrated and depressed, and felt that the only thing that could take away the feeling was to completely cut off his own penis. He said;

“I planned a lot. At first I planned on cutting my penis but my conscience couldn’t let me. I wanted to kill myself”

So far, nothing has changed for Ibe, as he still identifies as gay. He said;

“I so love my fellow man. Sometimes I want to live with one”

Ibe said that he is currently struggling with school and needs help. He said;

“I need to get a job that can fetch me enough money to register for my exams, but getting a job has been very tough for me”