Body of lacking Abia landlady present in her neighbour’s soakaway

Crime

By Linda Ikeji
6 November 2026, 7:49 pm

The Abia State Police Command has commenced an investigation after the physique of a lacking landlady was found in a soakaway pit in her neighbour’s compound in Umueleghele, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state.

The Commissioner of Police, AIG Wilfred Afolabi, confirmed the incident on Friday, November 6, 2026 whereas briefing journalists on the command’s actions since September 11.

“The matter is being investigated,” hthe CP stated.

It was gathered that the girl’s disappearance reportedly triggered a search by members of the neighborhood.

A neighborhood supply who pleaded anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter informed punch that residents initially believed the girl had travelled however grew to become involved when she remained lacking for a number of days.

The supply stated the standard ruler was knowledgeable, whereas the city crier and youths have been mobilised to look farms, pathways, bushes and uncompleted buildings in the neighborhood.

“The traditional ruler was informed. The town crier moved. Youths were mobilised. For days, Umueleghele was searched – farms, paths, bushes, uncompleted buildings. The air was heavy with anxiety. Nobody imagined that the answer was right inside the community – inside a 30-foot soakaway pit,” the supply stated.

The search ultimately led to the invention of her stays inside a soakaway pit measuring about 30 ft in a neighbouring compound, in keeping with the supply.

Community sources alleged that the girl had been concerned in a land dispute with a person within the space earlier than her disappearance.

They claimed she had refused to promote a part of her land to the person, recognized regionally as ‘New World’, and alleged that he was related to her disappearance.

The allegations haven’t been independently established, and the police have but to publicly determine a suspect or disclose the circumstances surrounding the girl’s demise.

The neighborhood sources additionally alleged that acid had been poured into the soakaway pit and that some elements of the girl’s physique have been lacking when her stays have been recovered.

The claims, together with strategies of formality motives, haven’t been confirmed by the police.

The suspect was reportedly handed over to the police for investigation.