Men of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested a 48-year-old native doctor, Enuwa Odugu and a father, Uwakwe Eze “m”, aged 67, over the alleged conspiracy and murder of Eze’s 26-year-old son, Chikwado Celestine Eze.

Online reports claimed Chikwado had gotten a visa to travel abroad and was taken to the native doctor by the father for fortification.

A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said a preliminary investigation showed that Uwakwe Eze took 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 was deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

Ndukwe said 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.

Ndukwe said the case is under investigation, and the suspects will be arraigned in court once investigations are concluded.