A leader in Okon Aku community in Ohafia local government area of Abia state, Chief Ndukwe Iko has frowned at the activities of native doctors in the community whom he accused of aiding ‘Yahoo Plus’, a practice of providing support to internet fraudsters, ABN TV reports.
Mr. Iko who made the revelation in a chat with ABN TV on Sunday stated that the people of Okon Aku are proficient in herbal medicine practice but noted that some native doctors in the area have gone beyond providing medical solutions to aiding crimes.
Describing trado medical practice as their heritage, he emphasized that over 50 percent of the people in the community are herbal practitioners.
“Recently we started having some negative practice here. Like every emerging community where development comes in, there are negative tendencies. Some people started doing some wrong practices which is one of the challenges we are facing. Ritual killing and what they call yahoo plus is now rampant in addition to what they do as traditional medicine practitioners.
“But we are working in strong synergy with the state government to make sure that such elements are rooted out of this community so that we go back to the glorious heritage, those things we are known for, very positive attribute of traditional medicine practice” he said.
He appealed to the government of Abia state to intervene and make the roads in the area more motorable, adding that it affects the economic and social life of the people.