A
72-year old woman's sexual organs and other parts of her body were cut
off and harvested by her domestic worker identified as Onyebuchi Ezeh,
for money ritual purposes in Anambra State.
The incident happened in Umunze, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
Chidimma
Ikeanyionwu, the media assistant to the state Commissioner for Women
Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Ify Obinabo, disclosed this to
journalists on Sunday, March 5.
She said the
ugly incident was discovered after the survivor raised alarm when the
suspect alongside two other men attacked her in her house and cut off
her genital organs including nipple, ear, fingers among others.
The
suspect, who was later caught, confessed that he and some others at
large, committed the act on the instruction of a native doctor, who had
promised to make them billionaires if they brought the required organs.
The
culprit, who is a native of Abakaliki in Ebonyi state said he usually
helps in cutting palm-trees for the aged survivor and explained that
they embarked on the dastardly act because they want to get rich
according to the assurances of the native doctor.
Hon
Ify Obinabo, visited the woman at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
University Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka where she's receiving medical
attention.
Speaking
during the visit, the commissioner expressed sadness over the
development and assured that other persons involved in the crime would
also be apprehended and charged to court.
She
promised to work with the Police in making sure that justice is served
and the perpetrators brought to book in the shortest possible time.
The
suspect, Onyebuchi Ezeh is currently at the State Criminal
Investigative Department of the Anambra State Police Command Awka and
will soon be arraigned before the Children and Gender Based Violence
Magistrate Court in Awka.
