Lawrence Nwimo, Awka
The Anambra State Government has taken another step in its efforts to tackle the menace of fake native doctors promoting Okeite and other ritual activities in the state.
A team of government officials and security led by the Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, Mr Ken Emeakai, Wednesday sealed off a shrine in Umuofor village, Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area, allegedly used by Ekene Igboegbueze to make people rich through supernatural means.
Addressing Journalists, Emeakai explained that the government sealed the place on account of complaints it received from the people of Okija about the illegal business of Igboegbueze and online video where Mr Ekene said that he does Okeite, Yahoo Plus, Awele for people, contrary to Anambra State Homeland Security Laws.
He further said that state government has also sealed all the properties acquired by the suspect with the proceeds of the illegal business and all the items seen in the shrine will undergo forensic test and the outcome to determine what government will do with him.
Contributing, Director of Operation, Agunechemba Security Outfit, Mr Chinenye Ihenko, who was part of the operation lamented that the activities of fake native doctors and pastors are promoting get-rich-quick syndrome in the state and cautioned the youths to desist from patronising them.
