Okorie Ogbafor reportedly murdered his wife Ifeoma Okorie, 26 and used her genitalia for ritual purposes. The incident occured at Onicha-Isu, in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Ebonyi command police spokesperson, DSP Sylvester Igbo, speaking at Abakaliki yesterday said the decomposing body of the victim was found in a bush behind the house of the man.
Igbo reportedly fled to Lagos after the crime but was apprehended by members of the victims family in conjunction with the police.
He said: “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.
“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 police spokesperson said the suspect would be brought back to Ebonyi to face criminal charges.