Domestic worker, others cut off genitals of 72-year-old employer for money ritual

The genitals of a 72-year-old woman identified as Onyebuchi Ezeh has been cut off including other parts of her body by her domestic staff, in an attempt to use them for money rituals.

The incident reportedly happened in Umunze, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State last Thursday.

The victim was was said to have been rescued by neighbours who later took her to the hospital after she raised an alarm and the suspect confessed that he and some others at large committed the act on the instruction of a native doctor, who had promised to make them rich if they brought the required organs.

The media assistant to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu who confirmed the incident said the victim is currently recuperating at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka, where the commissioner, Ify Obinabo, had visited the victim.

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She also said the commissioner expressed sadness over the development while assuring the victim that other persons involved in the crime would also be apprehended and charged to court.

Chidinma added that the suspect 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, soon.

She said, “The incident was discovered after the survivor raised the alarm on Thursday. One of her workers alongside two other men stampeded her in her house and cut off her genital organs including nipple, ear, fingers among others.

“The culprit by name Onyebuchi Ezeh who was later caught, confessed that they were sent by a native doctor to get the needed organs of the 72-year-old woman in order to become billionaires