The
former Governor of the old Anambra State Chief Jim Nwobodo ,addressed journalists today
in Enugu and accused two of his children (the ones he disowned today) Chukwudi and Nonso Nwobodo,
of stealing the
corpse of their older brother, Ifeanyi Nwobodo, who died in November after a
battle with cancer
Nwobodo addressed the problems he's having with
his sons at his home today. Continue to read what he told journalists...
"This is not
really a very happy occasion for me – at my age, I should be talking about
peace and not to get involved in something like this. Ifeanyi was my first son and unknown to us,
myself and my wife, his family hid him.
“When we got to know
that he was sick, we were very worried; we made sure he was taken to the best
cancer hospital in the US.”
"From the
day he died, I started planning for his burial. Because of politics, I felt
that I should bury him before the primaries.
“Chukwudi and Nonso
(Ifeanyi’s siblings) came to see me here and I told them that the burial will
be in two weeks time that they should come back so that we could plan for
it.
“As I am talking,
I have seen neither Chukwudi nor Nonso till date. Their sister, who came back
from US and called me to say that she is back, as I am talking to you, I have
not seen her.
“You start to
wonder- what kind of children are these? The press said I have two wives – it is not true. I divorced her
(former wife) before I became governor. I have the divorce papers, please don’t
refer to me as having two wives. I am a decent man. I have only one wife.
Please save me the trouble and embarrassment of talking about matrimonial
trouble, the church will not wed me if I have two wives.
"The children
through her (former wife) cannot be said to have been flesh and blood. I am
stopping at that – you know what I mean. A child that is yours will not hurt
you like this, these children cannot be my flesh and blood.
“My children love
me. It is only children that are not yours that will seize their brother’s dead
body. If they can steal the dead body of their brother, it is terrible,
unprecedented.”
Source: Punch
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