A native doctor has been arrested by police operatives in Enugu State.
Odoh Emmanuel was arrested for shooting and killing one of his
clients, Onunze Benedict, while attempting to test the bullet-repelling
charms he had allegedly prepared for him.
The incident happened in Umuaram Village in Ikem community of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the victim, who hailed from Eha-Amufu, had approached the native doctor to prepare the charm for him.
The 23-year-old native doctor decided to test the potency of the
charm on his client, who died instantly after receiving the gunshots.
Enugu Police spokesman Daniel Ndukwe (DSP) said: “On 16/11/2022
around 11pm, Police Operatives serving in Isi-Uzo Police Division of
the Command, arrested Odoh Emmanuel (male and a native doctor) aged 23,
of Umuaram Village in Ikem community of Isi-Uzo LGA, for shooting and
murdering his adult male client, one Onunze Benedict, of Eha-Amufu
community in the same LGA.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect confessed
to having used a locally-fabricated single-barreled gun to shoot and
murder the said victim in his shrine at the mentioned location while
testing the gunshot protection charm he had prepared for him. The gun
has been recovered, while further investigation is ongoing at the
Homicide Section of the State CID Enugu”.
Ndukwe also that the police operatives of the state also arrested
sixteenth additional criminal suspects, including one female, for
alleged conspiracy, armed robbery, truck snatching, abduction and
unlawful possession of firearms.
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