Edo native doctor testing bulletproof charm shoots client dead

Police operatives in Edo have arrested a 19-year-old native doctor, identified as Timothy Dauda, for allegedly shooting one Alex Ezekiel to death.

The command’s spokesperson, Moses Yamu, in a statement on Monday, September 2, said the incident happened on August 20 in the Onumu community under Akoko-Edo LGA. Yamu said the suspect was arrested by personnel of the Igarra Division.

According to the statement, “The suspect claimed to be a native doctor and specialises in preparing charms against guns and cutlasses. One Alex Ezekiel, now deceased, went to the ‘native doctor’ to get the charms prepared for him.

After preparing the charms, the native doctor tried to test their efficacy by shooting the deceased with a gun. Unfortunately, the deceased sustained fatal injuries and was rushed to Ifejola Hospital, Igarra, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.”