A chilling discovery has rocked the community of Umuma Ndiagu in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, as residents uncovered soakaway pits filled with dead bodies of people including pregnant women and children in the compound of a native doctor simply identified as Ezeani who allegedly kidnapped and buried them alive for ritual.
In a viral video obtained by SaharaReporters, one of the shocked community members recounted the horror.
“We have caught the killers. They kill people. People’s dead bodies are full inside here. They have killed a lot of people. We just rescued a 13-year-old child who they wanted to use for rituals,” one of the community members said in the video,” the man said, pointing to the grim scenes unfolding.
He further added, “This is happening in Ojor’s house in Umuma Ndiagu, Ezeagu in Enugu state . This is one of them here,” referring to a suspect apprehended at the scene.
The man caught by an irate mob, who claimed he is a security guard asked to guard the compound and scare people away, was beaten by the irate community members.
While denying involvement in the killings, he admitted frequenting the native doctor’s residence for ritual purposes.
The suspect who identified the native doctor as Ezeani said, “I am a business person and I came here. After I finished performing some sacrifices, it remained for a water sacrifice to be performed for me.”
He added, “I was waiting for everything to be done for me. There are things to be done but I don’t know what are used to do the things, but what they do here is that as a new comer, they normally send the person on an errand.
“The owner of this place, Daddy Ezeani, asked me to protect this place and scare anyone coming here away.”
Although claiming ignorance of the murders, the suspect confessed to knowing two other individuals believed to be accomplices who he identified as Okey and Chibuzor.
“One is Okey from Orji (Orji River) and Chibuzor who I don’t know where he is from but if I see their faces I will recognise them,” he stated.
The alleged mastermind, Ezeani, is said to be currently on the run but it was gathered that his wives were also caught by the community members while his house and cars were said to have been burnt down by the irate youths.
SaharaReporters’ several efforts to get the comments of the Enugu State Police Command on the matter failed.
Calls made to the mobile phone number of the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Daniel Ndukwe were not answered.
Also, a message sent to the police spokesperson on his WhatsApp was delivered but till the time of filing this report, neither the calls nor the message has been responded to.
