Onyebuchi Ezeh, a domestic worker, allegedly cut off the genitals of a 72-year-old woman for a money ritual in Anambra StateSouth-eastern Nigeria.
The incident happened on Thursday.
Chidinma Ikeanyiownu, the media assistant to the State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the woman had been rescued.
Ms Ikeanyiownu said Mr Ezeh was the domestic help of a 72-year-old woman who hails from Umunze, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.
“The ugly incident came to light after the survivor raised an alarm on Thursday when one of the workers and two other men beat her in the house and cut her genitals, including nipples, ears, fingers, etc.,” he said.
He added that Mr. Ezeh had been arrested and confessed that he and others, who are now on the run, were sent by an unnamed native doctor to take body parts of victims so they could get rich.
Mr. Ezeh, who comes from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, said he usually helps the victim to cut palm trees, and that they do the act because of the desire to get rich immediately as guaranteed by the native doctor, according to the media aide.
The victim is currently receiving treatment at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ezeh is detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the police in Anambra State for investigation.
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They will be charged at the Child and Gender Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka, according to the statement.
Mrs Obinabo, Ms Ikeanyiownu said, has expressed her grief over the incident.
The commissioner, who visited the victim in hospital, assured that others involved in the crime will also be arrested and charged to court.
He vowed to cooperate with the police in the country to ensure that all suspects are brought to book as soon as possible.
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