A few days after they threatened to work assiduously against the second term bid of Governor Charles Soludo, embattled native doctors in Anambra State have vowed to expose pastors who consult them for spiritual powers.

They said they have begun to compile the names of fake pastors for submission to the state government.

They noted that some of them usually come to them to obtain spiritual powers to increase the size of their congregations for monetary gains.

Stonix News reports that this move follows protests against what they describe as the stigmatisation and witch-hunting of their members.

It will be recalled that the native doctors, led by High Priest Ikele, had accused the Anambra State government of harassing their members

He had argued that their constitutional right to freedom of religion was being violated.

They also claimed that the state government had failed to engage with them to help identify the bad actors within their community.

They stated that the government’s actions were calculated to undermine traditional religion in Igbo land.

One of the members, Mazi Chukwuka Nwankwo, announced that the body had started compiling a list of fake pastors in Anambra State.

He alleged that these fake pastors frequently visit their shrines seeking spiritual assistance to increase their church congregations.

“Our governor is preaching ecumenism, which means the union of all religions. We ask, is traditional religion not part of ecumenism?”

“What are we talking about here? Those people who hold night vigils and perform miracles are fake, and they come to us to obtain spiritual powers to increase the size of their congregations.

“We have always turned them down because it is against our religion to defraud innocent people.

“There are some who even go as far as other parts of the country to obtain powers and so-called holy oil that they use to push people down in the name of anointing.

“Governor Charles Soludo should send Agunechemba to those crusades and night vigils to observe what they do in their churches.

“They rip off innocent people by compelling them to buy holy water, holy oil, and holy handkerchiefs, promising that people’s businesses will flourish.

“People pay huge sums of money for these items, yet they are not paying taxes or levies to the state government,” he said.

Meanwhile, some pastors are reportedly making frantic efforts to contact security operatives, urging them not to visit their churches, although no security operatives have confirmed this.

According to InsideOutNewsNG online medium, some native doctors have begun visiting the suspected churches, issuing warnings that they would be exposed since they had failed to defend them after seeking their help to increase their congregations.

“The Anambra State government should direct its focus to these new generation churches because they are the worst kind of swindlers.

“They should also convince us, as well as the public, that they are not out to witch-hunt us, the native doctors,” he said