It was a shock find in Oguta, Imo State, yesterday. The embalmed body of a 78-year-old grandmother, who was declared missing 10 years ago, was discovered inside her son’s home.
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.The police threw open the wardrobe to reveal the body of Madam Lucy Osigweh.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 her grandmother, who was thought to have been missing.He tipped off the police, who arrested his dad after confirming the claim.
Imo State Police Commissioner Musa Katsina said Madam Osigweh was declared missing in 2003.Katsina, speaking at the house in Ejemekuru, said the embalmed body had been kept in that condition since 2003.
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