Police nab ritualist’s girlfriend, discover human parts at native doctor’s shrine in Anambra

A suspected killer of a pregnant woman’s girlfriend has been arrested by operatives of Anambra State Police Command at Umueri in Ogbunike community in Oyi Local Government Council of Anambra State.

In a continued crackdown on ritualists in the State, the Police stormed a shrine of a Native Doctor who is on the run and discover human part of the murdered pregnant woman who happened to be a nurse.

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The parts were concealed in a nylon bag and was recovered from the shrine Ogbunike community.

The late nurse who was pregnant was invited by a young man who claimed he wanted her to treat him, only for the nurse to disappear, but was later discovered to have been killed for ritual purposes.

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The crime was blown open through confessions of the girlfriend of the young man who narrated how her boyfriend invited her to assist in cleaning the blood stains and body parts into a soakaway in a bid to cover up the incident.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga said the arrest was made possible through the assistance of members of the Ogbunike Community.

“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.

“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, has strongly condemned the heinous act, describing it as “inhuman, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life.

“The Police Commissioner 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” he said.

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