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Parent Of Student Drowned At Choba River, Refuses To Pay N115,000 by emmalexking: 12:17pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
Parents of a 20-year-old student of the
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), who
drowned in the Choba river on the 1st of June,
over the weekend kicked against the demand
of N115,000 for pre-burial “sacrifice” proposed
by the Choba community in Rivers state. The
deceased, Omoseebi John, was said to have
drowned in the river while working at a
construction site around the river. The corpse
was said to have remained by the riverside for
some days before it was found by a search
party and buried by the riverside in line with
the customs of the community. The community
had demanded the sum of N115,000 from the
deceased’s father, Mr Andrew Omosebi before
the corpse can be exhumed and transported to
his hometown in Oke Oro Ijero LGA of Ekiti
state. Paramount ruler of the Choba
community, His Royal Highness, Eze Raymond
Okocha, explained that the money was needed
for certain rites that had to be done.
Eze Okocha said:
“The father of the late boy came to my
palace alongside some other pastors to tell
me that their son drowned in the Choba
River. “I told them that in our culture, the
corpse would be buried by the riverside. I
also told them instances of what happened
to people who disobeyed. I told them to
carry the corpse if they insisted on taking
the corpse to their place for burial. “We
considered them so much and never wanted
to give them strict conditions as the culture
would demand. This is because it would
have been bad for the corpse to decay into
the river. “The money they said we
demanded was for the burial rite by the
riverside. Those who will bury the decaying
corpse are not slaves. “They were meant to
pay N150, 000, but I subsidized the money
for them with my own money to ensure that
the boy is buried and is not allowed to
decay into the river. “I did not hinder them
from carrying the corpse for autopsy or
going ahead with other investigations into
the events that lead to the death of the
boy.”
Mr Omosebi has however disagreed with the
demand, saying “How can the Oba (monarch)
of that community demand N115, 000 from
us as if we came to marry a woman from the
community. I am mourning the death of my
only son and I am a Christian.” |
Re: Parent Of Student Drowned At Choba River, Refuses To Pay N115,000 by ever811(m): 12:29pm On Jun 20, 2016 |
this the most disgusting trash I have ever heard for a long time now..when will Africans become humans.honestly there is no such thing like racism when Africans are called black monkeys. I believe this shit of a tradition must have started when 115k can buy the monarch,his family and the entire of ikwere land..so who is demanding the increase?..man made himself stupid is the case with African mentality. |
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