Police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement in Enugu yesterday, said the killing occurred on Monday.
He said: “It was gathered that the woman, Susana Enejere, of Ugbene Ajima in Uzo-Uwani Local Government, had gone to farm on that day and never returned.”
Amaraizu said law enforcement agents got the information and intensified a search in the early hours of the following day.
He said based on intelligence information, a man from Ugwuoda village in the nearby Nimbo community was arrested in connection with the incident.
According to Amaraizu, following his arrest, the suspect took operatives to the place where he beheaded the victim.
“The headless body and the severed head have been recovered and taken to a mortuary.
“The suspect is helping us in our investigations,’’ he said.
