A 21 years old pastor, Uchenna Chukwuma, in Anambra State, has said that he killed a native doctor because God directed him to do so.
This is as he also said the native doctor was disturbing him spiritually.
The native doctor who was alleged murdered on September 3 with machete, is a 60-year-old man, Oliver Ugwu of Umusiome village, Nkpor near Onitsha.
The spokesman of the police command in Anambra, SP Haruna Mohammed, made these known on Friday in a statement he issued.
He said the pastor made the statement while being probed by the police after his arrest.
“The suspect, who hails from Amagunze in Nkanu East LGA of Enugu State, claimed during interrogation that he was sent by God to kill the native doctor.
“The suspect further alleged that the victim was disturbing him spiritually and had not allowed him to progress financially,” Mohammed stated.
The Police spokesman said detectives attached to Ogidi Division led by the DPO, CSP Ekuri Remigius visited the scene of the crime and rushed the victim to Iyi Enu hospital Ogidi for medical attention.
He said the victim was certified dead by the medical doctor at the hospital, and the corpse was deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.
According to him, the machete used in perpetrating the crime was recovered as exhibit and the case transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department for investigation.
Source: NAN
