Police investigate suspected murder of pregnant woman found hanging on tree in Anambra
Police in Anambra State have commenced investigation into the suspected murder of a pregnant woman found hanging on a tree.
The woman was found on Monday, hanging dead on a cashew tree in Ideani, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
She was suspected to have hung herself.
But the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu has suggested that the woman was rather murdered, and set up to look like she 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 to book 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.
“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
