Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Badagry-Seme border area have arrested the infamous native doctor, Obi Levi Obieze, alias Levi Obu Onyeka, wanted by the Nigeria Police for alleged involvement in abduction, kidnapping and ritual killing.
The NIS Public Relations Officer, ACI Akinsola Akinlabi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the Comptroller General of the Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, has confirmed the arrest.
Part of the statement reads, “According to reports, Obi Levi Obieze, a resident of Umuojor village in Isiagu Community, Enugu State, and a known native doctor, is alleged to have been involved in the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl on 27th May, 2025.
“The victim was reportedly abducted by a group of three men while walking with her father to farm. She was subsequently rescued by the police from a shrine purportedly linked to the suspect, according to a news article published on 28th May, 2025, by a national newspaper.
“Through credible intelligence, Obi Levi Obieze was apprehended by vigilant men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Lagos State Border Patrol Command, at Gbaji checkpoint along Badagry-Seme Road while attempting to flee the country on a motorcycle. He is currently in custody, and his identity has been confirmed through a National Identity Management Commission enrolment slip found in his possession. During initial questioning, he admitted to the alleged crimes.
“The Nigeria Immigration Service is collaborating with the Nigeria Police Force for the suspect’s handover and further investigation while reaffirming its commitment to border security,” he stated.
How it all started
There was great outrage in Enugu State on Monday when some vigilante operatives busted a native doctor who allegedly buried several people alive in a sewage pit for ritual.
The incident happened at Umumba Ndiagu, a community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu.
The native doctor has been identified as Onyeka Obu. He is popularly known as Ozo Ezeani as well as “E dey play, E dey show.”
Several video clips circulating on Facebook showed gory images of people dumped in the sewage pit allegedly by the native doctor.
The sewage pit is located at the native doctor’s ongoing building site near his residence.
The body of a pregnant woman was among several bodies found in the pit owned by the native doctor.
Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the angry youths, upon the discovery, set ablaze the native doctor’s apartment and his vehicles.
“The dead bodies found in Ezeani’s soakaway (sewage pit) clearly show he had been a ritualist, not a native doctor,” Emeka Ozougwu, a resident, told this newspaper.
Many residents were heard in the video clips expressing anger over the incident.
How it was uncovered
Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the alleged act by the native doctor was uncovered when two boys working for him allegedly abducted a 13-year-old girl in the community.
One of the residents, who asked not to be named, said the girl was subsequently pushed into the sewage pit.
The 13-year-old girl (name withheld) was heard narrating in a video clip how the boys bundled her onto their motorcycle and zoomed off.
The girl’s father, in another clip, confirmed she was abducted in his presence but could not pursue or trace the abductors.
He was said to have reported the incident to the community’s vigilante group, thinking that his daughter’s abductors were kidnappers.
A resident, who asked not to be named, said some vigilante operatives later spotted the boys holding the girl on their motorcycle and traced them to the native doctor’s apartment.
The resident said Mr Ezeani initially attempted to deceive the operatives by expressing surprise over the incident before trying to distract them from entering his apartment.
He said the operatives forced their way into the native doctor’s ongoing building site when they heard the girl’s persistent cries.
“The vigilante people searched the place and found the soakaway (sewage pit),” he said, adding that the youths later arrived at the scene.
A leader of the vigilante operatives narrated how they caught the native doctor and rescued the 13-year-old girl from the sewage pit.
“When we entered the house, we discovered that the girl was in the pit. We flashed our torchlight and saw several dead bodies in the pit. We now rescued the girl,” said the vigilante leader, who asked not to be named.
He said the native doctor and his boys belong to a secret society named “White Club Kingdom” but often present as members of a harmless association.
Meanwhile, there are speculations that a group of native doctors in the community has disowned Mr Ezeani, insisting that he was never their member.
PREMIUM TIMES could not independently verify this.
Demolition
The Chairperson of Ezeagu Local Government Area, Vitalis Ndu, on Tuesday, visited the native doctor’s apartment and the sewage pit.
Mr Ndu was said to have reported the incident to the Enugu State Government for action.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the state government had demolished the native doctor’s apartment over the incident.
“Happening now: The kidnappers and ritualists’ den in Umumba Ndiagu where dead bodies and kidnapped victims were recovered by security operatives is up for demolition,” Josh Ejeh, an aide to Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, wrote on Facebook on Tuesday night.
“I’m there to inspect the development. No room for kidnappers and ritualists in Enugu.”
Mr Ejeh later uploaded a video showing the native doctor’s buildings being demolished.
Before now, the Enugu State Government has been demolishing properties linked to kidnapping and violent crimes in the state.
Arrest of the suspects
Mr Ndukwe, a superintendent of police, said in the Wednesday statement that police operatives from Umumba Division collaborated with Neighbourhood Watch personnel and vigilant community members to arrest the three suspects on Tuesday.
He identified the suspects as Uche Kingsley Agumba, 33; Ilo Nweze Onyedikachi, 36; and Ejike Odinwankpa, 38.
The police spokesperson said the security operatives also collaborated to rescue the 13-year-old girl who was kidnapped for suspected ritual killing by the native doctor’s boys.
