No More Miracle Money: Court Slams 12-Year Term on Akwaokuko, Demands Shrine Video Exit

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Chidozie Nwangwu

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When the gavel fell in Awka, even the spirits reportedly packed their bags.

An Anambra High Court has sentenced controversial native doctor Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwaokuko Tiwara Aki, to 12 years in prison, and ordered that his shrine be completely demolished, with the destruction recorded on video for good measure.

Justice Jude Obiora, presiding over the case at the Anambra State High Court in Awka, found Nwangwu guilty on counts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, sentencing him to two years on each count. The sentences will run concurrently.

Counts 1, 2, 9 and 10 were struck out.

In a development that reads like a legal remix, the court took into account the 13 months the native doctor had already spent in detention at the Agunechemba facility in Awka. As a result, he now has roughly 11 months left to serve at the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Awka.

From shrine custodian to correctional resident, destiny sometimes edits the script.

In what could pass for the most dramatic demolition order of the season, Justice Obiora ruled that Nwangwu’s controversial shrine in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, be completely destroyed, and that the demolition be recorded on video.

No room for “we rebuilt quietly at night.”

The court also ordered Nwangwu to sign an undertaking never to engage in okite practices again. But it didn’t stop there.

Upon completing his sentence, he is to become a youth ambassador, correcting what the judge described as the wrong impression he had created among young people about acquiring wealth through dubious means.

In addition, he must use all his social media platforms to publicly declare that he no longer practices okite.
Expect a pinned post soon.

Justice Obiora disclosed that he had initially considered imposing fines of N20 million each on three additional counts in place of six-year prison terms prescribed by law.

But after observing what he described as genuine remorse during detention, the judge decided to waive the fines.

Call it judicial compassion, with conditions attached.

Meanwhile, two of his associates, Onyebuchi Okocha, also known as Onyeze Jesus, and Ekene Igboekweze, popularly called Eke Hit, remain in detention as their own legal journeys continue.

For now, the message from Awka is unmistakable: when the court says “abracadabra,” sometimes what disappears is the shrine itself.