An inquiry into the alleged murder of a pregnant lady who was discovered hanging from a tree has been launched by Anambra State police.
The woman was discovered dead on a cashew tree in Ideani, Anambra State’s Idemili North Local Government Area, on Monday.
She was thought to have committed suicide by hanging.
However, CP Ikioye Orutugu, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, has proposed that the lady was murdered and staged to appear as though she had committed suicide.
In a press release by the spokesperson for Anambra State police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the commissioner called for information from people in Ideani to help bring the killers of the woman.
Ikenga in the release said: “Orutugu called on Stakeholders and Community leaders of Idemili North to assist with information to unravel the perpetrators of the suspected murder of a pregnant lady found hanging on a cashew tree along Uke/Ideani road.
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“The CP described the incident as unfortunate and a stark example of man’s inhumanity to man and ordered a thorough investigation into the incident to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.”
He called on members of the public to help identify the deceased, as Police Operatives from Ogidi Police Division have recovered the body and deposited it in the mortuary.
