{"id":166158,"date":"2025-06-08T22:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:40:33","slug":"immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Officer Rewarded N5m for Arresting Ritualist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Prince Ugochukwu Orji, the immigration officer who arrested the fleeing Enugu State native doctor accused of killing people for rituals, has been rewarded with N5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Foremost industrialist and philanthropist Chief Ebuka Onunkwo, who is also a senatorial aspirant for the Anambra South senatorial district by-election on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, made the gesture.<\/p>\n<p>Onunkwo hosted the immigration officer at his residence in Ihembosi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Orji, an immigration officer, was at his duty post last month when the alleged ritualist and fake native doctor, Ichie Billion, attempted to use a motorcycle to cross into the Republic of Benin from Nigeria at the Seme Border. Having recognised his face from the internet, Orji swiftly intercepted him.<\/p>\n<p>Onunkwo, an industrialist and Chairman\/CEO of Seahorse Lubricant Industries Ltd., while presenting a cheque of N5,000,000 to the officer, stated that it was part of Seahorse Lubricant Industries\u2019 corporate social responsibility and a gesture of encouragement for moral renaissance in society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria still has men of honour. Ugochukwu stood in the gap when it mattered. In a system where many are tempted to sell their conscience, he chose to uphold the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeahorse is giving him N5 million not just to appreciate his bravery but to encourage a culture of truth and accountability in our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge the Nigerian Immigration Service to look into this case and consider rewarding Ugochukwu officially. Let this be an example to others \u2014 that honesty is not only possible in this country, but it also pays. Our system must start celebrating people who choose integrity over impunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Narrating what transpired on the day of the arrest, Orji recounted: \u201cI stopped him and confronted him with his photo. He denied it at first, saying it was his brother. But I insisted. He then tried to bribe me with N3 million, then N7 million, N10 million, and eventually N15 million, with his wife promising to send the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pretended to cooperate just to detain him without raising an alarm. When I confirmed from my superior that he was indeed the wanted man, I handcuffed him and recovered voice notes from his phone that revealed attempts to erase his tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Prince Ugochukwu Orji, the immigration officer who arrested the fleeing Enugu State native doctor accused of killing people for rituals, has been rewarded with N5 million. Foremost industrialist and philanthropist Chief Ebuka Onunkwo, who is also a senatorial aspirant for the Anambra South senatorial district by-election on the platform of the All [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[662,804,254],"class_list":["post-166158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-enugu","tag-immigration","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Immigration Officer Rewarded N5m for Arresting Ritualist - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prince Ugochukwu Orji, the immigration officer who arrested the fleeing Enugu State native doctor accused of killing peo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Immigration Officer Rewarded N5m for Arresting Ritualist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prince Ugochukwu Orji, the immigration officer who arrested the fleeing Enugu State native doctor accused of killing peo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T21:31:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T23:40:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749413486.555167.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Immigration Officer Rewarded N5m for Arresting Ritualist\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-08T21:31:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-08T23:40:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist\"},\"wordCount\":393,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749413486.555167.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Enugu\",\"immigration\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/immigration-officer-rewarded-n5m-for-arresting-ritualist\",\"name\":\"Immigration Officer Rewarded N5m for Arresting Ritualist - 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