The disclosure is contained in the DPP's legal advice dated July 15, 2026, addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Ebonyi State Police Command, and obtained by SaharaReporters.
Fresh details have emerged from the Ebonyi State Ministry of Justice regarding the circumstances in which 26-year-old Mary Habila was found dead at the residence of the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, with the state's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) revealing that she was discovered naked, lying lifeless on the floor, with blood around her nose and mouth.
The disclosure is contained in the DPP's legal advice dated July 15, 2026, addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Ebonyi State Police Command, and obtained by SaharaReporters.
The legal advice followed the police investigation into Habila's sudden and unnatural death at the minister's residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State, on June 27.
In the document, the DPP said a review of the case file raised critical questions that could only be answered through a post-mortem examination.
