Herbalist to face prosecution over alleged cruelty to animals
A native Doctor identified as Nnabuikem, popularly known as ‘High Chief Enenie Nwa ite, is to be arraign in court over alleged cruelty to animals, in the process to perform rituals for his clients, as established in several video clips.
Penpushing reports the Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Kanayo Uzuegbu, gave the order for the arrest and prosecution of the native doctor in the state for alleged torture and violent killing of animals, as evidenced on his (Nnabuikem) facebook page
The native doctor, who hails from Ovoko, a community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of the state, in one of the clips, was seen pounding a live chameleon and a cat in a mortar while making some incantations.
Penpushing further reports that the herbalist was seen in another clip violently slitting the throat of a ram in a river, after which he threw the ram’s head and body separately into the river, while an unidentified woman, dressed in white garment, was seen standing in the river while the native doctor performed sacrifices on her.
The Enugu State Police Command Public Relations Officer Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement explained that the commissioner directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to work in collaboration with Nsukka Area Command of the police to investigate the incident and carry out the arrest and prosecution of the native doctor.
Penpushing also reports that Ndukwe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the commissioner condemned the alleged action of the native doctor, describing it as barbaric and primitive in the 21st century.
The statement quoted the commissioner as saying that laws prohibiting cruelty to animals exist in the state and equally urged individuals and organisations within and outside Nigeria who have seen the viral video clips to keep faith with the police to ensure justice in the matter, assuring that both the native doctor and his cohorts will be prosecuted within the ambit of the law.
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