----.as two other suspects are arraigned and remanded for strangling a former boss.
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a native doctor, one Enuwa Odugu “m”, aged 48, and Uwakwe Eze “m”, aged 67, for alleged conspiracy and murder of Eze's 26-year-old son, one Chikwado Celestine Eze.
The incident is alleged to have occurred when Uwakwe Eze took his 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 died in the process. He was rushed to the hospital and confirmed dead by the attending doctor, and his body deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
The native doctor confessed to the crime and the previous performance of such rituals, attributing the death of the victim to his non-adherence to certain ritualistic rules he earlier prescribed for him.
The case is under investigation, and the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded.
The second case involves the arrest of one Okoro Chukwuebuka Kingsley “m”, aged 24, and Ogbonna Samuel Chiedozie "m", aged 18, for also conspiring and murdering 52-year-old Mrs. Patience Nkem Charles. The crime was motivated by a grudge Kingsley held from his time as her former security guard in 2021.
The suspects confessed to strangling the victim in her home, leading to their arrest through police intelligence. They have already been arraigned in court and remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre.
Both cases showcase serious criminal activities linked to personal grievances and harmful traditional practices, with the police actively investigating and prosecuting those involved.
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