Nigeria, May 8 -- The police in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria, say they have recovered another corpse in the state.

Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra, announced this in a statement on Wednesday.

The discovery came barely 24 hours after the police recovered the body of a yet-to-be-identified pregnant woman found hanging from a tree along Uke-Ideani Road in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Okoye, a superintendent of police, said the latest body was found on Wednesday at a dumpsite in Iyiowa Odekpe, a community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson said the body was suspected to be that of a victim of jungle justice in the area.

"Preliminary findings revealed that...