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Anambra CP Nnaghe Obono Itam
By PAMELA EBOH, Awka
A teenage girl, Chinasa Adigwe from Umueje village, Omasi in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State has been discovered, dead in a bush, with her genitals missing.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, has ordered an immediate investigation into the murder.
Ikenga in a statement made available to journalists said the body of the deceased 17-year-old Adigwe was found in a bush at Omasi village in Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state.
He stated: "The girl?s private parts were cut off before Police were alerted. The body has been recovered and deposited in a nearby morgue.
?The girl?s lifeless body was found in a bush at Omasi village on 6/10/2024 by 4:25 pm and she was later identified as one Chinasa Adigwe from Umueje village and her private parts were cut off in a bush at Omasi Village before Police were alerted. The body has been recovered and deposited in a morgue.
?The CP while condoling with the family, friends and community of the deceased states that the Police shall do everything possible to make sure that those behind the barbaric act are arrested and justice served.?
