…Prime Suspect ,Chiemerie Obika Elobisi Still At Large
By Divine Ndukuba, Awka
Somtochukwu Nwafor, a 24 year-old female suspect, has been arrested by the police over the murder of a pregnant nurse in Umueri village, Ogbunike community, Oyi Local Government of Anambra state.
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer of State Police Command, Awka confirmed the suspect arrest in a statement on Wednesday.
According to him, police has recovered suspected human parts of the pregnant nurse at the native doctor’s shrine linked to the incident, as manhunt intensified for the prime suspect and other accomplices
He said Police Command leveraging on the assistance of the Umueri village, Ogbunike community members on July 25 arrested the suspect.
“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.
“Somtochukwu stated that she was called by Chiemerie, the prime 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,” Ikenga stated.
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.
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.
