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Jnr Pope: “Family of Precious refused to exhume his body for burial” – Stanley Ontop reveals (VIDEO/DETAILS)
Nollywood Movie Producer, Stanely Ontop has come on social media to make announcement that the family of the sound engineer, Precious Offurum, who died in the boat mishap that claimed the lives of actor Jnr Pope and three others, has refused to exhume his body despite receiving financial assistance from Nigerians to facilitate his exhumation and transportation of his body to Rivers state for proper burial.
Momedia recalled that Precious’s body was buried at the bank of the river after it was found days after the boat mishap. Reports have it that the villagers insisted that his body be buried at the bank of river since he drowned and that it can only be taken away after some sacrifices have been carried out.
In a previous video the movie producer shared online where the mother to late Precious was literally pleading with the Rivers state government to help bring her son’s body to the state for proper burial. She made the appeal after the Akwa Ibom state government facilitated the exhumation and return of makeup artiste, Frederick Abigails’ body to her family house for proper burial.
In a video he shared today, April 23, Stanley said the family of late Precious were supposed to have exhumed his body today but that they have reneged claiming it is against their tradition to bury anyone that drowned in their village. A visibly disappointed Stanley said the family reneged on their plan to exhume the deceased after receiving over “N11.2 million” from well-meaning Nigerians who harkened to his parent’s plea to help in bringing his body home for bury.
“This family was supposed to be in Asaba today, to come exhume the body of Precious. Since morning, I have not heard anything from this family. Since day before yesterday, I have been calling them on phone ‘What is the update?’”
”When are you people coming?.. Nobody gave me an insight of what was happening in Rivers State. It was yesterday night, somebody close to the family called me and said the family are not ready to come collect Precious corpse from the river side….”
He further narrated that the only corpse remaining in the river was for their late son, Precious.
The actor claimed that he was able to raise about N1.2million naira for the family of Precious, so they could come exhume his body and take it back to Rivers state, but no show up yet.
Stanley also revealed that one senior pastor of Mercy Land Church has given the family N10million naira to also support this, but still none of them came there.
Still on his speech, the actor made it known that the demise’s father, Mr Offurum said he is a traditionalist. He said he doesn’t want to come and carry the corpse but he came online to cry to Nigerians to help raise funds for him.
He also shared a purported audio recording from the twin sister of the late Precious where she could be heard asking if he was trying to force them to do something that is against their tradition.
‘’We cannot do against our tradition, The only thing we will do is for us to find way to call the spirit out. We cannot do against our tradition. Are you trying to destroy our family by making us to uproot someone that water has taken.”
See the video below…
