_Recovers suspected human parts at the native doctor’s shrine linked to the incident, as manhunt intensifies for the prime suspect and other accomplices
The Anambra State Police Command leveraging on the assistance of the Umueri village, Ogbunike community members on 25th July 2025 arrested one female suspect, Somtochukwu Nwafor aged 24 years. The arrest is in connection with the gruesome murder of a pregnant nurse, whose mutilated body was recently discovered in a soakaway pit at Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Confirming the report, SP Tochukwu Ikenga of the
Police Public Relations Officer
Anambra State Police Command, Awka, disclosed this to Newsmen on 30th July 2025.
According to Ikenga, “During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being the girlfriend of the prime suspect one Chiemerie Obika Elobisi from the same village, but currently at large. She stated that she was called by the suspect to clean the blood stains after the victim was murdered. She further revealed how they sell the body parts to different evil native doctors in the area. Also, preliminary information shows that the victim, a trained nurse was lured by the murderer to his house under the guise of seeking medication.
Given the information from the suspect, Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in the early hours of 29th July 2025, burst a shrine of an identified native doctor, Nwafor Chibunna Ofornwatadile from Itima Amawa Village, Ogbunike and recovered suspected human body parts, concealed in cellophane (nylon) bags.
However, the Command has launched a manhunt for the prime suspect, along with the suspected receivers and collaborators.
The Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu fwc MNIPS PhD, has strongly condemned the heinous act, describing it as “inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life. The CP encourages anyone with useful information to assist the Police in the ongoing investigation to come forward and assured that the identity of such informants would be adequately protected.
