- Obi Levi Obieze, an Enugu doctor arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service for ritual killings and kidnapping, claims his “enemies planted” dead bodies in his compound.
Levi Obieze, also known as Obi Levi Obieze or Levi Obu Onyeka, the Enugu native doctor recently arrested over accusations of ritual killings and kidnapping, has vehemently denied all allegations. He insists that the bodies discovered in his compound were planted by enemies seeking to destroy his reputation.
Obieze, a native of Umuojor village in the Isiagu Community of Ezeagu Local Government Area, had been on the run after police linked him to the abduction of a 13-year-old girl and a series of ritualistic murders. The young girl was rescued from a shrine allegedly run by Obieze. At his residence, law enforcement found two decomposed bodies buried in a soakaway pit sealed with concrete, intensifying the investigation.
Three other suspects connected to the kidnapping have been arrested, but Obieze evaded capture until he was stopped by Nigeria Immigration Service officers at the Gbaji checkpoint on the Badagry-Seme border road while attempting to flee the country on a motorcycle.
During interrogation, Obieze denied being a native doctor and claimed he resides in the Benin Republic, where he sells fairly used clothes.
When asked where he was headed, he responded vaguely, saying, “I don’t know where I’m heading to right now because they say before you kill somebody, allow the person to talk.”
He also alleged that the case against him is a political attack tied to a kingship dispute in his village, accusing rivals of planting evidence to prevent him from becoming the next village king.
“It is something politics, fabrication against me because I will be the next king… and some people in my village don’t want me to be that next king,” he said. “They planted evil against me front and back so that I can fall. The PG (President General) of my village went and demolished my house.”
When asked if he was a native doctor, Obieze denied it, saying, “No… all these things are just to weaken me. As I’m talking now, I’m homeless.”
He claimed that the dead bodies found in his soakaway were planted there by individuals trying to sabotage his bid for kingship.
“There is someone that is working for them and they planted a dead body in my house… I have already answered this matter. They caught the guy who planted the dead body. I didn’t know the guy before, and that was why I was free.”
Despite his claims of living abroad, Obieze could not provide a passport at the time of his arrest, only presenting an identification card.
The investigation continues as authorities seek to uncover the truth behind the disturbing discoveries and allegations surrounding Levi Obieze.
