AWKA/Nigeria: An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka has sentenced popular celebrity native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, widely known as Akwa Okuko, to two years imprisonment over offences linked to aiding criminal activities and promoting illicit spiritual practices.
Nwangwu was arrested in February 2025 by operatives of the Agunechemba Security Outfit on allegations bordering on aiding and abetting kidnapping as well as involvement in money rituals. He was apprehended alongside two other native doctors, Okocha, also known as Onyeze Jesus, and Mr. Ekene, popularly called Eke Hit.
The trio had been standing trial in the custody of the Agunechemba Security Outfit prior to the court’s ruling.
Delivering judgment on Friday in suits numbered A/40C/2025, A/41C/2025 and A/42C/2025, Justice Jude Obiorah noted that Nwangwu had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him and subsequently entered into a plea bargain agreement with the Anambra State Government.
Justice Obiorah sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment on counts three, four, five, six, seven and eight, ruling that the sentences would run concurrently.
The court struck out counts one, two and three, stating that
