A 73-year-old native doctor with about forty years’ experience in practice, Mr Christopher Nwazojie, has praised Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s onslaught against criminals hiding as native doctors in the state, saying that he would not have accepted to be a native doctor if he had choice, and would have “resigned” from his position because of reputational damages being inflicted by the bad eggs.
Mr Nwazojie, who spoke with Correspondent Joseph Egbeocha on the gains of the Anambra State Homeland Security Laws, is however asking government to reconsider the ban on sacrifices by road sides and in rivers, saying it is part of traditional worship.
He regretted that “Okeite”, which he said is alien to Igbo culture and not an Anambra thing, is being embraced by many people in desperate pursuit of quick wealth, resulting in all manner of ritual killings.
On his appointment as Chairman of Native Doctors in Njikoka Council Area, Mr Nwazojie said he will help Government ensure sanity in the area by taking extra measures to sieve out the bad eggs, and reminded all, including his colleagues, that there is punishment for any evil, including shedding of blood.
Speaking from the legal perspective in telephone interview, a legal practitioner, Mr Ejiofo Umegbogu, asked those who see provisions of the new Homeland Security Law as violation of rights of adherents of traditional religion, to challenge the law legally.
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