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Anambra Celebrity Native Doctor Bags 11 Months Imprisonment, As Govt Demolishes Shrine


A High Court sitting in Awka on Friday sentenced Anambra Celebrity Native Doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as 'Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki' to 11 months imprisonment over his involvement in Oke-ite rituals and related other offences. 

The imprisonment followed the arrest and detention of Nwangwu and two other native doctors, Eke Hit and Onye Eze for fraudulently engaging in money ritual, oke ite and the preparation of charms for criminals.

Presided over by Justice Jude Obiora, the court ruled that part of the sentence will run concurrently with the period already spent in custody, leaving him with eleven months to complete his jail term.
News Rider reports that out of the 10-count charges against Nwangwu, Justice Obiora struck out six counts while upholding four.

The court also waived a total of six years’ imprisonment and a N60 million optional fine that would have run concurrently.

In addition to the prison sentence, Nwangwu will become an ambassador for youth reorientation, his oba shrine will be destroyed, he will no longer practise Oke-ite and will not administer such charms.

The judge added: "Upon completion of his imprisonment, he will make public statements denouncing Oke-ite and such charm practices.

"He will serve his imprisonment at the Awka Correctional Centre."

The suspects were arrested in February 2025, shortly after Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State declared a crackdown on native doctors, following the signing of the state Homeland Security law, which led to the establishment of Agunechemba and Operation Udo-ga-chi security outfits.

Already, the Anambra State Government has demolished the shrine of Nwangwu in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, hours after the judgement. 

It was carried out by operatives of the state security outfit, Agunechemba, and supervised by the Special Adviser to Governor Soludo on Community Security, Ben Emeakayi.

The massive shrine, which contained native pots, pictures of persons, moulded images, clothes, and other ritual objects was dismantled piece by piece and set ablaze during the exercise.

Given its determination to enforce law and order, the arrest and imprisonment of the native doctors was targeted at reducing crime and criminality in the state especially among the youth. 

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