Anambra State Police have arrested 24-year-old Somtochukwu Nwafor in connection with the murder of a pregnant nurse in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area.
The victim was reportedly lured to a residence under the pretense of seeking medical help, where she was killed and her body mutilated.
Nwafor, alleged to be the girlfriend of the prime suspect, confessed to assisting in cleaning up bloodstains after the murder. She also implicated the main suspect, Chiemerie Obika Elobisi, in selling the victim’s body parts to local native doctors.
Acting on information from Nwafor, police raided the shrine of a native doctor in Itima Amawa Village, Ogbunike, where they recovered suspected human body parts concealed in cellophane bags.
The police have launched a manhunt for Elobisi and other accomplices involved in the crime. The State Police Commissioner condemned the act as inhumane and urged anyone with information to come forward, assuring protection for informants.
