A
26-year-old native doctor, Chinaka Adoezuwe, reportedly died as one of his
clients, Chukwudi Ijezie, attempted to test the bullet-repelling charms
Adoezuwe had allegedly prepared for him.
The incident
happened in Umuozu Ugiri village, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo
State.
A villager,
Kingsley Ugochukwu, told our correspondent that Ijezie, who is now being held
in Police custody, had gone to the herbalist to procure charms that would
prevent bullets from penetrating his body when shot at.
Adoezuwe,
after allegedly preparing the charms, had reportedly instructed Ijezie to
position himself so that he (the native doctor) could test-run the efficacy of
the charms — an instruction that Ijezie allegedly declined to carry out.
Our source
claimed that Adoezuwe was confident of the charm’s efficacy and therefore went
ahead to wear the charms round his neck, and thereafter instructed Ijezie to
shoot at him.
Ijezie
reportedly obeyed him this time around, shot him, resulting to Adoezuwe’s
instant death.
The villager
said, “A young man had gone to a native doctor to prepare bullet-proof charms
for him, which the native doctor did.
“After
preparing it, the native doctor asked his customer to position himself very
well so that he could test the efficacy or otherwise of the charms, but his
customer refused .
“But to
prove the efficacy of the new charms, the native doctor positioned and handed
over a gun to his customer to test-run the charm.
“Tragedy
struck and the bullets penetrated Adoezuwe, resulting in his death.”
Confirming
the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem, said that
the suspect had been arrested by the operatives of the command.
Enwerem
said,”The suspect is in our custody. It is a case of murder. The Isiala Mbano
division of the Command has moved in, arrested the suspect and returned
normalcy to the area.”
“The case
will be transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department in
Owerri for thorough investigation,” Enwerem added.
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