Serious confusion broke out at the Amechi, Nkanu-West Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday, December 5, 2014 between the former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo and the community over where his late son, Jim Ifeanyi Nwobodo Jnr would be buried.
Late Nwobodo Jnr died on Sunday, November 16, 2014 after battling with cancer and was to be buried on Friday, December 5 at his hometown.
It was a show of shame as Nigerians from all walks of life waited in vain for the arrival of the corpse, Vanguard reports.
Earlier in the morning, it was said that the corpse of the deceased was nowhere to be found in the mortuary.
A source disclosed that the corpse was snatched away following a crisis among members of the clan and the former governor after the former governor chose a venue outside the family compound for the burial of the deceased, a decision which the other members of the family frowned at.
Furthermore, a family source said Jim decided to bury Ifeanyi outside the family house, on the notion that he (Ifeanyi) lost all his rights as a son by dying before his father.
Meanwhile, some other members of the family, as well as Awkunanaw youths, who were not happy with such decision, insisted that he would not buried elsewhere.
This resulted to the fracas which prompted some members of the community to whisk the corpse away from the mortuary.
For several hours, some past and serving Governors, including the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, waited endlessly amidst the frustration. After a long fruitless wait, Ekweremadu, and other dignitaries stormed out of the venue.
The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province of the Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, intervened by calling the warring parties for a meeting for several hours.
He volunteered to allow the family bury the deceased at the St. Mathew’s Anglican Church Amechi Awkunanaw.
The deceased who had three daughters and a son served as a commissioner during the second tenure of former governor of Enugu state, Chimaroke Nnamani.
Some of the people who attended the burial included; Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, National Chairman, United Progressives Party,UPP,Chief Chekwas Okorie, National Chairman,All Progressives Grand Alliance,APGA,Victor Umeh, former minister of information, Chief Nnai Nwodo,Senator Annie Okonkwo.
