EDITOR’S PICK:
EKO HOT BLOG reports that to prevent the use of charms in kidnappings and other crimes, the Anambra Government has finalized plans to count and register all herbalists and spiritualists in the State.
The decision by the government was taken during the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, who disclosed this in a statement Wednesday in Awka, after the meeting, said the government wanted to use such method to eliminate criminally minded elements.
FURTHER READING
He explained that having discovered that some native doctors provide charms with which gunmen operate, it had become necessary to enumerate and register them as practitioners categorised into herbalists and spiritualists.
“While government appreciates the fact that some of them add value to health care, it is also not unaware that they have helped to imbue these criminals with the dare-devil confidence that has driven them into committing despicable crimes,” he said.
Click to watch our video of the week:
Famed American pastor, Bishop T.D. Jakes, has spoken out for the first time following a…
A mother in Britain has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison…
Jimmie Blackstone thought he was getting a $100 Visa gift card as a bonus when…