Eric Patrick
The Enugu native doctor, Obi Levi Obieze, who was arrested over ritual killing and kidnapping allegations has said that the dead bodies found in soakaway in his house were planted by his enemies.
The suspect was apprehended by officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) while fleeing Nigeria on Thursday.
The native doctor is from Umuojor village in the Isiagu Community, Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
He had been on the run and was earlier declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force in connection with the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl and multiple ritual killings in the state.
The kidnapped 13-year-old girl was reportedly found in a shrine believed to be operated by Obieze.
Reports indicated that she was allegedly kidnapped while going to the farm with her father.
First News had earlier reported that police discovered decomposing bodies hidden in a pit sealed with concrete.
Other suspects linked to the abduction of the young girl were also arrested by the Enugu State Police Command.
The three arrested suspects are, Uche Kingsley Agumba (33), Ilo Nweze Onyedikachi (36), and Ejike Odinwankpa (38).
In a video obtained by First News, he said, “I don’t know where I’m heading to right now because they say before you kill somebody, allow the person to talk.
“You are an officer and someone may mark you as a criminal or a thief, whereby you know that you are innocent.
“Whenever you know that you are innocent, even though you are taken to hell, you will go there. The God of vengeance will still deliver you from anything.
“An issue on the ground concerning me is a political issue. It is something of a political fabrication against me because I will be the next king (though he called it next of kin) and some people in my village don’t want me to be that next king.
“They are planting evil against me front and back so that I can fall. That is the major issue. The PG (President General) of my village went and demolished my house.”
When he was asked if he is a native doctor, he said, “No”, insisting, “All these things are just to weaken me. As I’m talking now, I’m homeless. I don’t have a house.”
He added, “Because they are the ones that planted something that is disturbing me.
“They planted someone, he is a young guy. That is where I’m building a new house, far away from the house I’m living in. It is always difficult before I go there. I don’t go there anyhow. Because of this kingship issue, they set me up.
“There is someone that is working for them and they planted a dead body in my house, in my soakaway pit. And I have already answered this matter.
“They caught the guy who planted the dead body. I didn’t know the guy before and that was why I was free.”