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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