Onyebuchi Ezeh, a domestic worker, was arrested for allegedly mutilating a 72-year-old woman’s genitals and other body parts for the purpose of performing a money ritual.
Ezeh admitted to carrying out the act with the help of some friends, in accordance with the instructions of a herbalist who promised them riches in exchange for the specified body parts.
The incident reportedly occurred within the last week in Umunze, Orumba North Local Government Area, Anambra, and the elderly woman was rescued by her neighbors, who took her to the hospital.
The victim is currently receiving treatment at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, where the commissioner, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, paid her a visit, according to Miss Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the media assistant to the commissioner for women’s affairs and social welfare.
Ikeanyionwu said: “The incident was discovered after the survivor raised alarm on Thursday. One of her workers alongside two other men stampeded her in her house and cut off her genital organs including nipple, ear, fingers among others.
“The culprit by name Onyebuchi Ezeh who was later caught confessed that they were sent by a native doctor to get the needed organs of the 72-year-old woman in order to become billionaires.”
“The culprit hails from Abakaliki in Ebonyi state, and usually helps the victim in cutting palm-trees. He was said to have explained that they embarked on the act because they wanted to get rich according to the assurances of the native doctor.”
The culprit is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Anambra State Police Command in Awka, and will be presented before the Children and Gender Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka for trial in the near future.