Nigeria, May 29 -- Authorities of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have arrested Onyeka Obu, a native doctor who allegedly buried several people alive in a sewage pit.

The NIS spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how the native doctor allegedly buried several people in the pit, including a pregnant woman, apparently for ritual purposes.

The incident happened on Monday at Umumba Ndiagu, a community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria's South-east.

Mr Obu is popularly known as Ozo Ezeani as well as "E dey play E dey show."

The police in Enugu State, on Wednesday, said they collaborated with Neighbourhood Watch personnel and vigilant community...