'Jealous' official burnt R15m in black magic

Lagos - Police have arrested the head of a federal agency charged with developing Nigeria's impoverished southern oil region, after allegations the man spent millions of dollars on a witchdoctor in hopes of vanquishing a rival.

President Umaru Yar'Adua announced on Friday that the head of the Niger Delta Development Corporation, Sam Edem, had been suspended from his job after local media reports of Edem's large expenditure on black magic. Police later said he had been arrested.

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