Pregnant nurse murdered in Anambra, body parts sold to native doctors

 

By Okechukwu Onuegbu 

A 24-year-old Ms Somtochukwu Nwafor has been arrested for allegedly conniving with boyfriend to murder a pregnant nurse at Umueri village, Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State.

The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement, alleged that the suspects dismembered the nurse whose name was not provided and sold her human parts to some "evil native doctors."

 

"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 in connection with the gruesome murder of a pregnant nurse, whose mutilated body was recently discovered in a soakaway pit at Ogbunike.

"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, Ikioye Orutugu has strongly condemned the heinous act, describing it as “inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life," he stated.