A renowned native doctor from Umuopu in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been arrested by the police for allegedly aiding kidnappers and armed robbers.
The suspect, Theophilus Attama, popularly known as `Ejeje’, was nabbed on the Christmas day by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) following the confessions of one Paschal Onah alias Achisa, a member of a kidnap gang.
According to a statement made available to DailyPost by the Enugu Police command’s spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, Attama was among the native doctors implicated because of their role in crime perpetration and connivance.
The statement said Onah was arrested for his role in the kidnap of Madam Adiza Ogbo, her subsequent death and her quick burial in his residence in a shallow grave after about one week of her abduction.
The suspect allegedly collected N300,000 from late Adiza Ogbo’s sons and relations to set her free from their net which was later discovered to be Onah’s house.
Amaraizu added that “Attama is one of the native doctors that prepared charm for the group for their operations for which they paid him N50,000 or more”.
The statement said the native doctor had revealed how a charm to compel kidnap victims’ relations to quickly agree to pay ransom demanded by the kidnappers was prepared.
It further revealed how he prepared charms against “accident and general protection” to avoid the kidnappers from being harmed and to escape from any form of danger.
The statement also said that Attama was currently helping the police with further information about his role in the kidnap of a foreigner.
DailyPost recalls that late Madam Adiza Ogbo, wife of the traditional ruler in the area was abducted earlier this month and a ransom was demanded by her abductors.
However, she died in their net, prompting them to bury her in a shallow grave inside the compound where she was kept.
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