The Anambra State Police Command has arrested the girlfriend of a suspected ritualist in Anambra State.
The 24, year – old female suspect, whose name is Somtochukwu Nwafor, has been luring pregnant nurses under the guise of seeking medical attention, only to k!ll them, mutilate their body and sell them to native doctors.
The Police discovered some bodies that she has killed and thrown into a soakaway pit at Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson of the command, revealed this to newsmen, saying that 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 further stated that she was called by the suspect to clean the blood stains after the victim was m#rdered.
She also 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.
Ikenga said 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.
He further stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP 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 also added that the CP 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.
