The suspected human remains of a nurse who was killed by a man who enticed her to seek treatment in Ogbunike, Oyi local council area, Anambra State, have been found by the state’s police.
As the quest for the main suspect and other accomplices grew, the body parts were found at a native doctor’s shrine connected to the incident, according to a statement issued by Superintendent of Police Ikenga Tochukwu, the Police Public Relations Officer.
Ikenga claims that on July 25, 2025, the Anambra State Police Command, with the help of the Umueri village, Ogbunike community members, arrested a 24-year-old female suspect named Somtochukwu Nwafor in relation to the horrific murder of a pregnant nurse, whose disfigured body was recently found in a soakaway pit in the community.
Ikenga went on to say that during questioning, the suspect admitted to being the girlfriend of Chiemerie Obika Elobisi, the key suspect who lives in the same community but is now at large.
She claimed that after the victim was killed, the suspect phoned her to remove the blood stains. She also disclosed how they sell the body parts to several malevolent local physicians.
Additionally, the statement claims that initial evidence indicates the murderer tricked the victim, a qualified nurse, into coming to his home in order to obtain medication.
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Based on the suspect’s information, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) agents destroyed the shrine of a native physician named Nwafor Chibunna Ofornwatadile from Itima Amawa Village, Ogbunike, early on July 29, 2025, and found suspected human body parts hidden in cellophane (nylon) bags.
Along with the alleged receivers and collaborators, he added, the command has begun a quest for the main suspect.
In a strong condemnation of the heinous act, Commissioner of Police Ikioye Orutugu called it “inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life.” He also urged anyone with information that could help the Police with the ongoing investigation to come forward, promising that the identity of such informants would be sufficiently protected.
