Nigeria, March 3 -- The Anambra State Government has demolished a shrine belonging to the jailed native doctor in Oba, a community in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that a high court in Awka, Anambra State, sentenced the native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as "Akwaokuko Tiwara Aki," to 12 years imprisonment on Friday for preparing charms for criminals and engaging in other ritual activities.

The trial Judge, Justice Jude Obiora, had ordered that the convicted native doctor's two-year imprisonment for each of the six counts against him, totalling 12 years, should run concurrently, bringing the jail term to two years.

Mr Obiora subsequently held that, having spent 13 months i...