The attention of the Anambra State Government has been drawn to several mischievous write-ups and misleading comments about the State engaging Traditional Spiritualists to combat insecurity.

In a release signed by the Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Christian Aburime said that while it is a general knowledge that government alone cannot fight insecurity, it is instructive to note that the story of engaging Traditional Spiritualists by Anambra State Government to fight insecurity is not true as being peddled by some mischief makers.

Mr. Aburime maintained that what the State Government has said as explained by the Commissioner of Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, is that Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the registration of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and to categorize them under Herbalists and Spiritualists with a view to identifying those among them that support and protect criminals.

He further pointed out that while government appreciates the fact that some of them add value to health care, it is also not unaware that some also have helped to imbue the criminals with the dare-devil confidence that has driven them into committing despicable crimes such as kidnapping, extortion of ransom, beheading, among others.

He disclosed that the news making the rounds that the State Government has engaged the services of Traditional Spiritualists to fight insecurity is completely false and unfounded, even as he assured that governor Chukwuma Soludo will continue to do everything possible to ensure that sanity, peace, law and order is fully restored in Anambra State.