Community leaders conduct mock b#rial for a man over chieftaincy title in Anambra
A kinsman of the minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, Mr Olisa Igbonwa, who was rumoured to have been b#ried alive, has surfaced, DailyPost is reporting.
Igbonwa, an indigene of Alor, was said to have taken a chieftaincy title as Ichie Ngene, a decision the community felt was not within his right, leading to a mock b#rial conducted on him by the elders of the community.
A source said, “They gave the man thirty days to renounce the title because it was meant for an older Chief. He refused and they conducted a mock b#rial as a warning to him.”
Rumour has been flying that Igbonwa was in a casket taken round the community by the elders, and b#r!ed in a forest. But the Anambra State Police Command, in a press release on Wednesday, said Igbonwa visited the command to institute a case against the elders of his community.
The State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga in a press release said: “Igbonwa visited the command physically to make a formal complaint, saying that he received a chieftaincy title from HRM Igwe Alor but was thre#tened by one Mr Uzoma Igbonwa and others to renounce the chieftaincy title within 30days or he will face dire consequences.”
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