The discovery, was said to be made by the suspect's 22-year old son who was searching for his credentials in his father's closet. Making the incident known to newsmen, Mr. Mohammed Kastina, the Commissioner of Police Imo State said the woman's lifeless body was found in a large cupboard inside a shrine located in her son's private room after she had been declared missing in 2003.
Kastina however stated that the lifeless body of the woman had been embalmed since 2003. In his words, "The corpse of Mrs Lucy Osigweh, 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 Osigweh, 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.
Chief Chimezie in response said he had been a member of the sect for 24 years and had attained high spiritual level to the extent that he could travel to see God at will. My house serves as a meeting point for ritualists who converge to perpetrate atrocities. He added
"We have information about the large number of devotees that patronise the shrine, which will help us identify those behind the heinous act," Katsina added.
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