"Two children sustain machete wounds from Abia native doctor who subsequently flees"

 In Abia State's Ania community in Akanu, Ohafia LGA, a native doctor named Emea Ibe has fled the area after allegedly inflicting machete wounds on two children. The victims, 10-year-old Friday Ota Awa and his step-sister Kosisochukwu, were accused by Ibe of causing the death of his sheep, a claim denied by the children's family.

Ibe reportedly tied up Awa and dragged him to his shrine, where he proceeded to use a machete on the boy in an attempt to extract a confession. Kosisochukwu intervened and pleaded for her brother's life, but Ibe also assaulted her with the machete, declaring that he could kill them without consequence. The children's father, who is said to be a stroke patient, and their mother, who has asthma, were unable to rescue their children from the native doctor.

The traditional ruler of Akanu, Ezieogo Mba Okereke, has condemned the incident and instructed other native doctors in the community to locate Ibe and bring him to justice.