Missing 78-yr-old Woman’s Corpse Found In Son’s Wardrobe 10 Years After!

The sleepy Ejemekwuru community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State has been thrown into turmoil over the strange discovery in the home of Dr. Chimezie Osigweh, a retired school principal; when the remains of his 78-year-old mother who was declared missing for a decade was discovered in a wardrobe in his home.

The lid was blown off the scandal by a 22-year-old boy who was searching for his credentials in his father’s closet.

As he opened a wardrobe, he was confronted with the grim sight – the stiff and embalmed body – of his grandmother, who was thought to have been missing since 2003. He tipped off the police, who arrived the scene and threw open the wardrobe to reveal the body of Madam Lucy Osigweh.

Dr. Chimezie Osigweh was arrested after confirming the claim.

According to Mr Musa Katsina, the Commissioner of Police in Imo the woman, Mrs Lucy Osuigwe, was declared missing since 2003.

Katsina told newsmen at the house in Ejemekuru in Oguta Local Government Area on Monday that the embalmed body had been kept in that condition since 2003.

“The corpse of Mrs Lucy Osuigwe, who was declared missing in 2003 was found in a large cupboard inside a shrine in a private room in a circumstance depicting ritual practice.

“The embalmed body, which was kept in that condition for about 10 years is believed to have been placed in the wardrobe by her son, Dr Chimezie Osuigwe, a devotee of the guru maharaji Sect.

“Preliminary assessment of the scene of crime revealed that the woman must have been murdered by the son for ritual purposes,” he said.

The commissioner said that plans were on to arrest other members of the sect who visit Osuigwe’s shrine.

He said the body would be handed over to the forensic team of the command to determine the cause of death.

He also said the suspect would be held for first degree murder until the cause of death was established.