EIGHT members of a religious group accused of using black magic to make a man’s penis disappear were lynched by a mob in southwest Nigeria at the weekend, a press report said on Tuesday. The victims, all members of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star were killed on Saturday in Ilesa, Osun State, the Comet newspaper reported. The sect was holding a conference when Kunle Eniola suddenly claimed members of the brotherhood had caused his penis to disappear, the paper said. Angry residents quickly pounced on the meeting and beat eight members to death and then burnt their bodies. – AFP