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Gunmen have kidnapped a popular Anambra State-based native doctor, Chinedu Nwangwu, alias Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki, after killing two of his aides in one of his hotels, Triple P Hotel, in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State. A source said that Tiwaraki was regarded to be among the strongest and was the richest witch doctor in Anambra.

The source said that many people were reported to flock to his mansion in Oba for anti-bullet charms and other money rituals. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, said the incident happened around 11pm on Sunday but that he had been released.