A 62 year old retired
vice-principal has been arrested by the Imo state police for allegedly killing
his mother and hiding her corpse in his house since 2003.
Dr. Chimezie Osuigwe was
arrested after the embalmed body of his mother was discovered hidden in a
cupboard in his house yesterday Monday April 14th by another family member.
Police say the body of the
woman, 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 police believe the
retired educationist and devotee of the Guru Maharaji sect, killed his mother
for ritual purposes. Dr. Chimezie Osuigwe is being held for first degree
murder.
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