Herbalist kills client

...as gunshot protection charm fails 

*Another native doctor in Police net for killing neighbour

A 23-year-old native doctor, identified as Emmanuel Odo, has allegedly killed his client, Benedict Onunze, while testing a gunshot-protection charm he prepared for him at Umuaram, Ikem, in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State.

This is just as another native doctor, Idowu Talabi, was arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for killing his 30 years old co-tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba.

The Enugu State Police Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, said the native doctor, who killed his client, has confessed to the crime and has been arrested.

The statement made available to Vanguard by Ndukwe read: “On 16/11/2022 at about 11.pm, 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-barrel 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."

Another in Police net for killing neighbour in Ogun

Meanwhile, the Ogun State police command has arrested another native doctor, Idowu Talabi, for killing his 30-year-old co-tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba.

The command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, yesterday, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ikenne divisional headquarters by the wife of the deceased.

Oyeyemi said: “The woman reported that she returned from a  church vigil at about 6 am only to discover the lifeless body of her husband lying in the pool of his blood in their house at 4, Best Way Moro Street, Ikenne, having been macheted to death by an unknown person.

“Upon the report, the DPO Ikenne Division, CSP Ibrahim Ningi, led his detectives to the scene, where it was discovered that the deceased was macheted to death while sleeping on his bed. 

“It was also discovered that there was no break-in at the scene and nothing was removed from the room.

“This discovery pointed to the fact that the killing was carried out by an insider, hence all the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation.

“After a thorough investigation, Idowu Talabi, who claimed to be a native doctor, confessed to being the person who killed the deceased.

“When asked the reason for the dastardly act, the suspect alleged that the deceased was fond of accusing him of stealing, and that was what infuriated him to mtchete him to death when he discovered that the deceased was alone at home sleeping.

“The cutlass he used to commit the crime has since been recovered.” 

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.

Culled from Vanguard