By Ikeugonna Eleke
Police in Anambra State have arrested a 24 year-old woman, Somtochukwu Nwafor, over the recent murder of a pregnant nurse in the state.
It was gathered that the incident happened in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area, where the principal suspect, one Chiemerie Obika Elobisi, allegedly lured the woman to his house in the guise that his mother was ill.
The suspect, who is still at large, was said to have murdered her on her arrival, while removing some parts of her body, giving credence to the fear that the act might have been connected to money ritual.
The arrested suspect who confessed to be a girlfriend to the major suspect, said she was contacted by her boyfriend after the act to come and clean up the blood stains.
A press release by the State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, announcing her arrest, said it recovered the human parts removed by the prime suspect at a native doctor’s shrine.
He said the native doctor was linked to the act and that a manhunt had intensified for the prime suspect and other accomplices.
He said: ‘The Anambra State Police Command, leveraging the assistance of the Umueri Village, Ogbunike, community members on 25th July, 2025, arrested one female suspect, Somtochukwu Nwafor, aged 24 years.
‘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 sold the body parts to different evil native doctors in the area.’
The Command said with the information from the suspect, one of the shrines where the human parts were sold had been busted, and the native doctor, Nwafor Chibunna Ofornwatadile, from Itima Amawa Village, Ogbunike, identified.
‘The recovered human body parts, concealed in cellophane (nylon) bags were recovered. 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, has strongly condemned the heinous act, describing it as inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life,’ Ikenga wrote.
