Odoh Emmanuel, a 23-year-old native doctor, has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command after he shot and killed his client while testing the gunfire protection charm he had made for the deceased.
In a statement on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the command’s spokesperson, said the event took place in the state’s Isi-Uzo Local Government Area.
The PPRO claims that the suspect shot the deceased, Onunze Benedict, with a locally made single-barreled gun in his shrine while testing the charm’s effectiveness on him.
The statement read, “On 16/11/2022 at about 11. pm, police operatives serving in Isi-Uzo Police Division of the Command, arrested Odoh Emmanuel (male and a native doctor) aged 23, of Umuaram Village in Ikem community of Isi-Uzo LGA, for shooting and murdering his adult male client, one Onunze Benedict, of Eha-Amufu community in the same LGA.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the suspect confessed to having used a locally-fabricated single-barreled gun to shoot and murder the said victim in his shrine at the mentioned location while testing the gunshot protection charm he had prepared for him.
“The gun has been recovered, while further investigation is ongoing at the Homicide Section of the State CID Enugu.”
Once the investigations are completed, the suspect will be charged.