by Rachel Ogbu

In a ritual attack, a man has been accused of killing his wife and then mutilating her genitals and cutting her hair.

Okorie Ogbafor of Onicha-Isu, in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was arrested in Lagos after he fled the town.

Yesterday, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Sylvester Igbo, said Ifeoma Okorie, 26, was found dead in a bush behind the couple’s family house adding that it had already started decomposing when a team of policemen from the state command found it.

According to reports, Igbo, who disclosed that the suspect took off to Lagos State after committing the crime, noted that relatives of the suspect who reported the incident at a nearby Police station assisted in arresting him in Lagos.

“On July 12, 2013, a case of murder was reported at Onicha-Isu, in Onicha Local Government Area where it was alleged that one Ifeoma Okorie, 26, wife to Okorie Ogbafor was murdered and the corpse dropped in a bush behind their family house,” he said.

“When the police team went to the place, on a closer examination of the corpse, it was discovered that the head of the woman was nearly severed from her body and it was also discovered that her private part was chopped off and parts of the hair shaved while the corpse was already decomposing.”

“It was taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy.”

“It was after three days that her body was discovered. However, in the effort to know the actual perpetrator of the act, some people were arrested and it was then that we discovered that one Okorie Ogbafor was the person behind the killing of his wife.”

“After killing the wife, he ran to Lagos. All this while, he was not seen within the vicinity and as information reached his kinsmen who were living in Lagos they reported the incident at the nearest police station to where the suspect resided.”

The case would soon be charged to court after investigation.