I was vomiting blood for six months – 9ice recounts ‘spiritual attack’

Nigerian singer, Alexander Adegbola Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has opened up about his battle with a “spiritual attack” that almost took his life.

Speaking in a recent episode of The Nancy Isime Show, the ‘Gongo Aso’ crooner disclosed that he vomited blood for six months after suffering the attack in 2010.

9ice said he is neither a Christian nor a Muslim, but a heathen. He stated that he regrets not becoming a traditionalist earlier on.

Isime asked: “Would you say you’ve experienced spiritual battles while doing music?”

9ice replied: “Several times.”

Isime asked: “What’s that one spiritual battle you went through that you thought you would not get out of?”

9ice replied: “When I was vomiting blood for about six months in my own house. I had to leave my house. It happened in 2009/2010. It wasn’t a medical condition.”

Isime asked: “So, how do you protect yourself?”

9ice replied: “I’m not a Christian or a Muslim, I’m a Babalawo. I’m an African. I’m a traditionalist. The first time I experienced ifa was when I was vomiting blood. Someone referred me to ifa. I just wished that I had known ifa at the beginning. Fela used to go to Ogun and people were mocking him, but now, I understand.”

He urged Africans to embrace traditional religions.