Precious who was captured in a swimming pool said that Africans take such things seriously.

“Femi Fani-Kayode’s ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu has revealed that she’s a mermaid popularly called “Mami water” in Nigeria.
 
Precious made the statement during a conversation with a friend while coming out of a swimming pool.
 
She however said she doesn’t take it seriously because she is actually a good ‘Mami water’ and not a bad one.
 
According to Wikipedia, “in folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa.”
 
Africans associate mami water with evil spirit.
 
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