Police arrest woman for attempted murder of house help in Umuahia, recover knife

The Abia State Police Command says it has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Mrs Nwoko Gift, for attempting to harm her 12-year-old location assistance with a knife.

According to the Abia State Police Command, the pistillate was seen successful a viral video connected societal media attempting to termination the victim, identified arsenic Miss Ebony Chimamanda.

A connection signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Abia State Command, said preliminary probe into the lawsuit revealed that the incidental occurred connected 05/07/2026.

It explained that Mrs Nwoko Gift, who is from Ehime Mbano, Imo State, but resides astatine IBB Housing Estate, Umuahia, connected the aforesaid day attempted to termination Miss Ebo Chimamanda, who lives with her, due to the fact that she allegedly refused to dispersed the apparel she was instructed to dispersed earlier the fishy (Mrs Gift) near for the market.

The Police Command besides said that investigations revealed that the fishy had repeatedly beaten and threatened to termination the young Miss Chimamanda.

“Operatives from the World Bank Divisional Police Headquarters, Umuahia, raced to the scene, leveraging a...