The Guardian gathered that some persons on Monday night invaded the burial ground of an aged woman, Monica Anupueme, and her sister-in-law, Margaret Anupueme, who were buried on September 4, 2019, exhumed the bodies and displayed them on the Nkwo Ipka Market square road, in Umuaka.
Monica’s body was kept in the mortuary for four years and Margaret’s own for about three years before the bodies were commuted to mother earth following a court order to bury, the bodies on September 4.Speaking on behalf of the family, Osita Paul Anupueme, said their anger was anchored on the fact that the suspects allegedly went to the burial place and exhumed the bodies, then went ahead to display them at the market square.
All efforts by the reporters to identify themselves at the spot where the bodies were laid fell on deaf ears, as the youths insisted that the reporters were on clandestine mission. Meanwhile, the governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has appealed to youths to assist his administration and security agencies rid the state of miscreants and criminals elements. Ihedioha, who made the called through his Chief Press Secretary, Chibuike Onyeukwu, said security is a collective responsibility of all citizens and the youths have a major role to play to ensure a crime-free society.