The Imo State Police Command has
recovered the remains of a 78-year-old woman, Mrs. Lucy Osigweh, who was
declared missing in 2003.

Making the revelation, yesterday, state’s
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed
Katsina, disclosed that the woman’s lifeless
body was found in a large cupboard inside a
shrine located in her son’s private room.
Katsina said:

“The missing woman’s lifeless
body was found in a village called Ezuru
Umuagwu, Ejemekwuru, Oguta Local
Government Area of Imo State.”

According to him, “the corpse of the 78-year-
old Mrs. Osigweh, earlier declared missing in
2003, was found in a large cupboard inside a
shrine of a private room in a circumstance
depicting ritual practice.

“The embalmed body, which was kept in that
condition for about 10 years, was believed to
have been placed in the warehouse by her
son, Chief Chimezie Osigweh, a 64-year-old
retired school principal.”

The Imo police boss said there was every
reason to believe that the late woman’s son is
a member of a sect, adding:
“Preliminary
assessment of the scene of crime revealed
that the late woman must have been
murdered by her son for ritual purpose.”

Katsina also said members of the sect used to
hold secret nocturnal meetings in the place to
enhance their occultic powers.

“The principal suspect, Chief Chimezie
Osigweh, who is the son of the woman, has
been arrested and is making useful statement
to the police,”

the CP said.
Although Katsina did not say how the police
got wind of the crime, feelers from the late
woman’s maiden home, Amakohia, Awa,
Oguta local council area, showed that. They
made the startling discovery.
A villager, who spoke on grounds of
anonymity, said that angered by the
unresolved and inexplicable disappearance of
their relation from her marital home, some
villagers decided to double check earlier
stories bandied by Osigweh.
According to a villager,

“on getting to
Ejemekwuru, our people demanded to know
why their relations had remained missing for
10 years. Her son told our villagers that his
mother was mad at a point and ran away to
unknown place.

“Apparently not satisfied with the response,
as well as the nonchalant attitude allegedly
exhibited by her son, the villagers went
beserk, destroying things in sight and ended
up spotting the large cupboard containing the
remains of their loved one.

“With this startling discovery, the villagers
quickly lodged a complaint with the police
who subsequently swung into action.”

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