Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has pardoned popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki.<\/p>\n
Nwangwu, who was among eight native doctors arrested last year for their involvement in the promotion of money rituals, quick wealth and the use of human parts for rituals, had earlier this year entered a plea bargain with the state government.<\/p>\n
He was later offered a light sentence of 11 months and incarcerated at the Nigeria Correctional Facility, Amawbia, Anambra State, and also given the condition of renouncing his fetish practice and promising to become an ambassador of youth reformation.Nigerian Event ListingsNwangwu had accepted the conditions and had since been serving his prison term until today, when Soludo pardoned him under the prerogative of mercy, making him Ambassador for Youth Reformation in Anambra.<\/p>\n
Special Adviser to the governor on Youth Reformation, Dr Nelson Omenugha, who disclosed this, said the governor had paid a visit to the prison in fulfilment of his duties when he stated this.<\/p>\n
Omenugha said: \u201cThank you, Mr Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, for graciously extending your hand of mercy to Chidozie Nwangwu (Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki) and giving him a new responsibility as Ambassador for Youth Reformation.\u201cThis is the heart of Youth Reformation: not just punishment, but correction, restoration, a new purpose and A New Onye Anambra.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has pardoned popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki. Nwangwu, who was among eight native doctors arrested last year for their involvement in the promotion of money rituals, quick wealth and the use of human parts for rituals, had earlier this year entered a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":91698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t