The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old woman, Somtochukwu Nwafor for alleged gruesome murder and dismemberment of a pregnant nurse in Ogbunike, Oyi local government area of the state.
Nwafor was arrested on July 25, 2025, by members of the Umueri Village in the Ogbunike community after the victim’s mutilated body were found discarded in a septic tank by members of the community.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed, in a statement shared via Facebook on Wednesday, fingered the suspect as the girlfriend of the prime suspect, one Chiemerie Elobisi, who is currently at large.
Nwafor also confessed that she was contacted to clean up the blood after the victim had been murdered, and that the body parts were sold to native doctors involved in ritual practices.
“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 soak away 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,” the PPRO said.
He further explained that preliminary information revealed 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,” he said.
However, the Command said it has launched a manhunt for the prime suspect, along with the suspected receivers and collaborators.
Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ikioye Orutugu, described the act as “inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life.”
The Command assured that full investigation was ongoing, adding that a manhunt has been launched for Elobisi and other accomplices involved in the killing and trafficking of human parts.
The CP also called on anyone with useful information to come forward, assuring that informants’ identities would be treated with anonymity.
