Famous Anambra native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu popularly called “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki”, said he could have disappeared last Sunday when kidnappers stormed his hotel, killed two security guards and abducted him.
He however stated that he decided not to do so to avert more casualties on the premises of the hotel.
Nwangwu who was released early Saturday morning, told journalists that he willingly submitted himself to his abductor after his two bodyguards were killed.
According to him, “What really happened was that I was there (at home) that day, at around 11:30am, when someone called me and said they were at my hotel, and that they were spending money, and had spent close to N300,000, and that they would have wanted me to be around.
“I obliged them and drove to the hotel all by myself, in my new car. No one came with me. I was there, and not up to 30 minutes later, gunshots rent the air. People started running helter-skelter. I now went out to see what was happening, and the people started shooting at me.
“They killed two of my security men. I don’t want to disclose too much for now, but I know that only two things can save a man: If your charms do not save you, your money will save you.
“Anyone who has charms should have money. So the people took me into their car. If I wanted to run away, I would have run away, but I have seen those that were shot and I said if I leave, they would kill many people. A lot of people were lying down, and if I wanted to leave, they would have killed many.
“The story too would have been that the whole thing started when I came in, meaning that I was the one who brought in kidnappers. I decided to follow them to show that my hands were clean. What I did was to save many souls. If you think they took me because I ate people’s money, let me tell you I did not. If I eat your money, come to me I will give you money because I have money.”
The witch doctor also said that his ordeal was not unconnected with the sit-at-home exercise in the South-East region.
“This whole thing is related to this sit-at-home people, and they mentioned names of more people they will take, but it’s not something I can say now. They killed many in front of me. They killed up to 20 people before me. I did not take anyone’s money; they just came to kidnap and their target is people who have money. They wanted to kidnap as many as 50 people from my hotel that day, but I rather followed them,” he said.
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