RAYMOND OZOJI reports
Barely 24 hours of issuing an official statement on the brutal killing of a married woman by her boyfriend whom she has been involved with in an extramarital illicit affair for years in Oraifite community Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, the state police command has issued another disturbing statement of the gruesome murder of a 23 year old nursing student named Miss Chiamaka Vivian Chilaka, a student of College of Nursing Sciences Alor, Idemili-south council area of the state.
According to the statement issued by the police spokesman SP Tochukwu Ikenga on Thursday, the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, PhD, has directed investigative officers to expedite action on the investigation into the reported suspected murder of a 23-year-old female student, whose lifeless body was discovered at her residence in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The CP gave the directive following the transfer of the case from the Nnobi Divisional Police Headquarters to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Awka, for a comprehensive and discreet investigation.
The statement has it that the incident was first reported on 14th June, 2026, after the deceased’s body was discovered within the compound where she resided as a tenant.
It says that Police operatives who visited the scene observed a deep cut on the deceased’s thigh and other visible marks of violence on her body and blood stains around the scene, suggesting that she may have been murdered.
Further inquiries revealed that the deceased was a student of the College of Nursing Sciences, Alor.
Meanwhile, the landlord of the premises has been taken into custody and is currently undergoing interrogation as part of ongoing investigations. The body of the deceased has been deposited in a hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
Meanwhile CP Orutugu has ordered a thorough and professional investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and charged the investigating team to leave no stone unturned in uncovering the facts and ensuring that anyone found culpable is brought to justice.
The Commissioner of Police has further reassured the public of the Command’s commitment to ensuring justice in the matter and urged anyone with useful information that could aid the investigation to come forward and assist the Police.
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