by Rachel Ogbu

A native doctor based in Enugu State has been arrested for kidnapping a woman and also for armed robbery.

Police Command has arrested a native doctor,

Theophilus Attama popularly called`Ejeje’ from Umuopu Umueze in Igboeze North Local Government Area was said to have been responsible for encouraging the  kidnapping Madam Adiza Ogbo. He was exposed and caught on  Christmas Day after one of the member of the gang named  Paschal Onah alias Achisa was caught and confessed.

The woman was said to have died after her abduction and was buried in the shallow grave. The group of criminals allegedly collected N300,000 from late Adiza Ogbo’s sons and relations to release her from captivity even though she was in  Onah’s house.

Nigerian Eye reports:

A statement from the command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, on Friday said Attama was among the native doctors implicated because of their role in crime perpetration and connivance.

“Attama is one of the native doctors that prepared charm for the group for their operations for which they paid him N50,000 or more.

The statement said the native doctor had revealed how a charm to compel kidnap victims’ relations to quickly agree to pay ransom demanded by the kidnappers was prepared.

It further revealed how he prepared charms against “accident and general protection” to avoid the kidnappers from being harmed and to escape from any form of danger.

The statement also said that Attama was currently helping the police with further information about his role in the kidnap of a foreigner.

Late Madam Adiza Ogbo was abducted and a ransom was demanded by her abductors before she allegedly died in their net, prompting them to bury her in a shallow grave inside the compound where she was kept.