Man arrested for killing & hiding his mum's body in his cupboard for 10 years

                          
It was a state of shock in Imo state yesterday as a 62 year old retired principal, Dr. Chimezie Osuigwe was arrested for allegedly killing his mum and hiding the body 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.