Photos: Anger, condemnation as Enugu traditional ruler accuses his subjects of witchcraft

Report by lawyer and blogger, Chukwudi
Iwuchukwu. Read below...
The story sounds like a fairy tale or a
Nollywood Epic Movie script but the story
is real and happened in Unadu community
in Enugu State.
The traditional ruler of Unadu community In
Nsukka Enugu State a retired police officer,
Barnabas Agbaji who allegedly forced himself
to become the Igwe of the town recently
elevated the act of wickedness by arresting"
two of his subjects Remigus Nwa Ikeagwu and
Silas Ameh, arbitrarily accused them of
witchcraft, convicted the accused of being
guilty of the offence of Witchcraft, hung a tire
around their necks, tied fresh palm fronds all
over their bodies and paraded them around
the community as common criminals!!
According to a source in the community, the
Traditional Ruler has been ruling the town with
high handedness and impunity, leaving his
subjects in fear and misery, boasting that
nothing will happen to him because of his
Influence in Enugu state Government.
Tension is already running high in the
community and from my investigation, his
people are spoiling for wall threatening Fire
and brimstone if appropriate action is not
taken against the ex-policeman now.
Traditional Ruler and some of his subjects are
calling for his dethronement because his
recent bizarre action on his subjects is the
height of what they can tolerate
The question is: During his service years in the
Nigerian police, did this man ever arrest and
successfully prosecute anyone for practicing
witchcraft? Under which law did he do this?
Chukwudi Iwuchukwu is a Lawyer And Blogger
and he tweets @Chukwudi1985