By Ikeugonna Eleke
The Anambra State Government has said it will arraign native doctors currently in its custody in court immediately after investigations are completed.
The Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, disclosed this at the weekend in Awka while speaking to the state-owned broadcast station, Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS).
He said the Professor Chukwuma Soludo-led Administration was working hard towards restoring sanity in the state.
He said: ‘The State Government is serious about its commitment to eradicating criminal activities in Anambra.
‘If the native doctors are convicted, they will be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of the new Anambra Homeland Security Law.’
He clarified that Governor Soludo’s Administration was not opposed to traditional worship, as misinterpreted by some people, but was instead focused on tackling crime and those who enabled it, including native doctors who, he said, prepared charms for criminals.
It will be recalled that so far, about three native doctors have been arrested for promoting money rituals and allegations of making charms for criminals.
Those who have been arrested and already in custody include; Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki; Onyebuchi Okocha, also known as Onyeze Jesus; and another from Okija in Ihiala known as Eke Hit. All are said to be still in custody, pending conclusion of investigations.
