26/10/2024
NATIVE DOCTOR ARRESTED FOR BURYING MAN ALIVE IN ENUGU;
The Enugu State Police Command have arrested a native doctor, one Enuwa Odugu “m”, aged 48, and Uwakwe Eze “m”, aged 67, for alleged conspiracy and m of a 26-year-old Chikwado Celestine Eze.
Chikwado had gotten a visa to travel abroad and was taken to the native doctor by the father for fortification but died while he was buried alive
A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said preliminary investigation showed that Uwakwe Eze took his son to the native doctor’s shrine for rituals intended to fortify him with charms. However, during the ritual, the deceased was buried in a coffin but he unfortunately d!ed in the process. He was rushed to the hospital and confirmed de@d by the attending doctor, and his body deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
Ndukwe said the native doctor confessed to the crime and the previous performance of such r!tuals, and said the victim died due to to he did not adhere to the ritual rules he was given initially .
The case is now under investigation, and the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded says Ndukwe.