Topic: Why I kept my mother’s corpse in my room for 10 years (Graphic Photos)

He broke into national limelight inearly May 2013 when he was shownon the television across the country while being pa­raded by police officers attached to Imo State Police Command who accused him of sleeping in the same housewith the corpse of his mother for 10 years.The accused, Chimezie Osigwe, a re­tired school principal, immediatelybe­came a subject of discussion among Ni­gerians.While some described him as a cult­ist, others accused him of being a ritualist who had allegedlykilled his mother, and later kept her corpse for ritual purpose.*WARNING!! DISTURBING PHOTOS!Continue reading after the cut……While the debate raged, the police later charged Osigwe to court for murder. He was arraigned before Justice Goddy Anunihu. However, at the end of his trial, which lasted over a year, Osigwe was finally discharged and acquitted onNo­vember 25, 2014 by the trial judge.In an encounter withSaturday Sunlast week in Ibadan, Osigwe, who expressed joy that he has regained his freedom, however, pointed fingers at some of his kinsmen in his native Oguta community in Imo State as being the brains behind his ordeal.According to him, some of his ownre­lations and elders in Ezuru Umuagwu in Oguta colluded with the police to frame him on murdercharge.“How can I murder my own mother? How can I murder an 80-year-old wom­an that gave birthto me? Why? These people just framed me up, using police to achieve their diabolical plan,” he de­clared.Osigwe, who told our reporter that his mother died as a result of collapse of a section of the wall inhis house, further added that immediately the incident hap­pened, he informed some of his siblings, and elders in the community, adding that they all later commiserated with him.While saying that he was shocked by the sudden turn of events thatled to his arrest, Osigwe attributedit to a dispute he had with a relation who later decided to reporthim to the police that he had beensleeping with a corpse for about 10years.