Grisly Discovery: Nurse’s Alleged Remains Found at Native Doctor’s Shrine in Anambra

Police in Anambra State have found what are believed to be the human remains of a nurse who was killed by a man who enticed her to seek medical attention in Ogbunike, Oyi local government area.

The body parts were seized from a native doctor’s shrine connected to the crime, according to a statement issued by Superintendent of Police Ikenga Tochukwu, the Police Public Relations Officer. Meanwhile, the manhunt for the chief suspect and other collaborators grew more intense.

In connection with the horrific murder of a pregnant nurse, whose disfigured body was recently found in a soakaway pit in the community, the Anambra State Police Command, with the help of the Umueri village, Ogbunike community members, arrested a 24-year-old female suspect on July 25, 2025, according to Ikenga.

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Ikenga added that the suspect admitted during questioning that she was the girlfriend of Chiemerie Obika Elobisi, the major suspect, who was from the same area but was presently at large.
After the victim was killed, she said that the suspect phoned her to remove the blood stains. She also disclosed how the many malevolent local doctors purchase the body parts.

According to the statement, initial evidence also indicates that the murderer tricked the victim, a qualified nurse, into coming to his home in order to obtain pharmaceuticals.

Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) stole suspected human body parts hidden in cellophane (nylon) bags after breaking into the shrine of a native doctor named Nwafor Chibunna Ofornwatadile from Itima Amawa Village, Ogbunike, early on July 29, 2025, based on the suspect’s information.

According to what he stated, the command has begun a manhunt for the main suspect as well as the alleged collaborators and receivers.

Ikioye Orutugu, the Commissioner of Police, strongly denounced the heinous act, calling it “inhumane, criminal, and an affront to public morality and the sanctity of life.” He offered assurances that the identity of those who could provide valuable information to help the Police with the ongoing investigation would be sufficiently protected.