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From Emmanuel Uzor, Awka
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 24- year-old Somtochukwu Nwafor, for alleged gruesome murder and dismemberment of a pregnant nurse in Ogbunike, Oyi Council area of the state.
Anambra state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement yesterday ,said the suspect confessed to being the girlfriend of the prime suspect, Chiemerie Elobisi, who is currently on the run after the murder of the pregnant nurse.
She also admitted to being called in after the crime to clean up the blood and further revealed that the body parts were sold to native doctors involved in ritual practices.
“The Command leveraging on the assistance of the Umueri village, Ogbunike community members on July 25, 2025 ,arrested one female suspect, Somtochukwu Nwafor, 24 . 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 LG of the state .
“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 July 29, 2025, burst a shrine of a 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.
“ Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, described the act as inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life,” assuring the public that a full investigation was ongoing. A manhunt has been launched for Elobisi and other accomplices involved in the killing and trafficking of human parts.
The CP urged anyone with useful information to come forward, assuring that informants’ identities would be fully protected.
