Founder of Ogilisi Igbo Foundation, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, an Igbo Socio Cultural organisation has applauded Anambra state government for banning display of coffins publicly and depositing of dead bodies in morgues for more than two months.
Chief Ezeonwuka said the burial law was a good omen. He called on ndi Anambra and mortuary operators to cooperate with the law for liberation of the state from insecurity and social vices.
Ezeonwuka who had been in the vanguard for evacuation and burial of corpses from all mortuaries in the state and as well as immediate burial of the dead, said the law aligned with his call for several years.
Statesman, Ezeonwuka commended the Anambra State House of Assembly and Governor Chukwuma Soludo while calling for strict compliance and enforcement.
The Spiritual Leader of Igbo Nation said most people roaming the streets were dead people who come from mortuaries.
“The violation of the provisions of the law attracts a fine of N100,000, six months imprisonment or both.
“This single act of banishing the display of caskets on the streets and dumping of corpses in mortuaries will change social life and control the zombies that possessed the youths.
“This is a good omen, it is spiritually and psychologically wrong to display coffins openly in public, the act is highly reprehensible, so I commend the Anambra government for the law.
“Soludo has tackled what I know and have been campaigning long ago; this unholy practices contributed immensely to the mess going on in Igbo land.
“Over time corpses and unburied dead bodies have been the major causes of zombies that have destroyed the norms and behavior of our people. He said.
Angel Network News gathered that the burial law also mandated that all mortuary attendants to report to the Ministry of Health any corpse which has stayed in their mortuary for more than one month from the date it was deposited. It also provides that anyone found guilty of public display of caskets for fabrication and sale will pay a fine of N50,000, and could be liable to one month imprisonment or both.
