Nigeria, March 15 -- Operatives of the Agunechemba, a vigilante group in Anambra State, have arrested another popular native doctor in the state over alleged ritual practices.

The native doctor, Johnpaul Ezenagu, popularly known as "Muo Mmili Afuluanya", was arrested on Thursday in Nnewi, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state.

The latest development came weeks after a high court in Awka sentenced another popular native doctor in the state, Chukwudozie Nwangwu, to 12 years' imprisonment for similar offences.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that, upon his arrest, the native doctor claimed he offered sacrifices only at a river in the area and that he could invoke the river goddess to appear as a crocodile.

Following his cl...