Anambra Govt Stops Family From Burying Man Inside Forest

The Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has stepped in, in the case of a widow whose in-laws intend to bury her late spouse inside a forest.

The widow Mrs. Amarachi Anakor claimed in a petition addressed to the Commissioner that she was denied permission to bury her late husband in their compound, stating instead that they would bury him in a forest by her late husband’s brother and father, Obi and Vincent Anakor.

“I’m a native of Ifitedunu in Dunukofia Local Government Area and my late husband, Chike Anakor, is from Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area. My in-laws were the first people I notified when my husband died but I was shocked when they told me that my husband was stripped of his rights when he was alive, hence he will not be buried in the compound,” she said.

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The Commissioner stated that she invited the relatives and kinsmen to a meeting after receiving the petition.

“At the meeting, the Anakor family were given seven days to fix a date for the burial of the late Chike Anakor but their representative, Vincent Anakor, disagreed with the resolution. The Ministry with the support of their kinsmen from Umuosegbu kindred in Ajakpani, Umunya, led by Mr Chukwujekwu Olie, have fixed today Nov. 10 for the burial,” she said.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration, according to Obinabo, will not tolerate any kind of injustice or inhumanity toward women. He urged all sides to embrace peace and bury the deceased in a proper manner.