Residents of Ndiechi Eketube community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi state have been thrown into mourning upon discovering the headless body of one of their communal members.
Miss Kelechi Nwawaka, a 20-year-old apprentice nurse was murdered with her head, private part and fingers cut off supposedly for ritual purposes.
The mutilated body was discovered on January 3, 2013, behind Comprehensive Secondary School, Eketube, Enyida Development Centre.
The deceased was said to be an apprentice nurse at MCH Hospital, Convent Road, Azuiyiokwu, Abakaliki.
A suspect, one Chukwuka Augustine Nweke, who is now on the run, has been declared wanted by the police and the community.
Kelechi’s journey to her brutal end started on the New Year day when one of her relatives, Mrs. Margaret Augustine Nweke, invited her to come to eat rice in her house.
The deceased reportedly honoured the invitation, and after the tasty meal, they played music and in the night she left for her mother’s house.
But while she was leaving Margaret’s house around 10-11 pm, she was accompanied by Margaret’s son and the suspect, Chukwuka Augustine Nweke, aged between 25 and 27, who was alleged to have master-minded the dastardly act.
It was gathered that when Chukwuka, the suspect returned from walking her out, the mother asked him if he had accompanied her to her house and he said no, adding that the deceased asked him to go home that she still had another place to visit that night.
The suspect was said to have left his home at Ndiokochi very early in the morning of January 2, 2013 back to Edo State where he resides.
Reports say it took the combined effort of men of the Civil Defense Corps and the villagers to find her body.
However, the suspect’s mother, Margaret, and his younger brother, Chidi, have already been arrested and handed over to Ekumenyi Police Division for further investigation.