Woman flogged granddaughter to death, dumps body in bush

NAPTIP Anambra State Command arrested a 37yr old female suspect in Awka on the 5th October, 2022 for the offence of Child Abuse/ inflicting grievous harm on a child, an offence prohibited in Human Trafficking Act.

The suspect named Udeogu Chinelo was arrested by NAPTIP operatives in a primary School in Awka,Anambra State where she had earlier enrolled the victim and had gone to collecting back the school fees she paid for the victim.

While being questioned on the whereabout of the victim, she disclosed that the victim had died.

The suspect lead the operatives of NAPTIP to the scene where she disposed the body of the victim, on arriving the scene the victim’s decomposing body was found wrapped in a black nylon bag where the suspect dumped her in the bush around Hezekiah Dike Crescent Awka.

The suspect claimed that the deceased victim is her granddaughter.

The victim was reported to have died on the 29th September,2022.

The suspect was immediately handed over to the Police by NAPTIP Anambra State Command to investigate the death of the victim.

Okafor Anthony C.
PRO