We Rented a Cheap Apartment in Lekki — Then Found a Calabash With My Husband’s Name Inside

It was supposed to be a new beginning — a fresh chapter in a better neighborhood. But for one young family, a move to Lekki turned into a terrifying encounter with the unknown.

According to NewsVista‘s exclusive report, the couple had been searching for a modest apartment after the husband secured a promising job. After weeks of scouting, they found a two-bedroom flat listed for N850,000 per year — a steal by Lekki standards.

The agent called it a “blessed deal.” They believed him.

They paid in full and moved in two days later.

But the very first night shattered every illusion.

“The bedroom light kept flickering. Our two-year-old wouldn’t stop crying and pointing at an empty corner. We thought it was just the stress of moving. Until midnight came.”

That’s when they began to hear it — low, heavy chants, vibrating through the walls. Not from the next flat. Not from outside. From inside.

“My husband ran out to check the compound. It was silent. Not a soul awake. But the chanting continued. That was the moment I knew we had walked into something dark,” the woman told NewsVista.

Morning brought no relief.

While unpacking, she opened the wardrobe — and screamed.

Inside was a small calabash, stained with what looked like blood, wrapped in red and black cloth. Feathers. Cowries. And worst of all — a name tag, soaked and aged, with her husband’s full name written on it.

“I froze. How could his name be in that thing? We hadn’t even lived there for 24 hours,” she said.

They immediately confronted the caretaker.

His response?

A cold, mocking laugh:
“You didn’t ask what used to be here. That flat was a shrine room before. That’s why it’s cheap.”

The family left that same day — abandoning their belongings and any hope of a refund. The agent has since gone silent, and the caretaker has warned them to “leave the past alone.”

Now, the husband wakes up drenched in sweat, haunted by dreams he can’t explain. The wife still hears the chants in her sleep. Their son? He no longer speaks at night.

What was supposed to be a dream move has become a spiritual nightmare.

And the worst part? Nobody warned them.

This story raises disturbing questions about unspoken histories behind cheap rents, and the risks unsuspecting families take when deals seem too good to be true.