Former Governor of the old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has disowned his children and said his children from his former wife are not his flesh and blood.
Nwobodo equally accused the two surviving children from his first marriage, Chukwudi and Nonso, of stealing the corpse of their older brother, the late Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, who died recently after battling with cancer.
Ifeanyichukwu’s burial, which was scheduled to hold on Friday, was aborted after Nwobodo and the deceased’s siblings disagreed over a burial site.
Punch reports that, While the father insisted that the body would be buried outside his compound, the children maintained that the grave must be within the residence.
To compound the impasse generated by the row, Ifeanyichukwu’s corpse was not available for burial – it was gathered that his siblings relocated the body from the mortuary to an unknown destination, in order to prevent it from being interred in a grave dug within the compound of a newly erected bungalow which Nwobodo built after the son’s death.
Nwobodo broke his silence on the matter while addressing journalists at his house in Amechi, Awkunanaw, Enugu, on Tuesday. In an emotion-laden voice, the former governor stated his own side of the story.
He said,
He blamed his former wife for the actions of feanyichukwu’s siblings, saying
Nwobodo equally accused the two surviving children from his first marriage, Chukwudi and Nonso, of stealing the corpse of their older brother, the late Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, who died recently after battling with cancer.
Ifeanyichukwu’s burial, which was scheduled to hold on Friday, was aborted after Nwobodo and the deceased’s siblings disagreed over a burial site.
Punch reports that, While the father insisted that the body would be buried outside his compound, the children maintained that the grave must be within the residence.
To compound the impasse generated by the row, Ifeanyichukwu’s corpse was not available for burial – it was gathered that his siblings relocated the body from the mortuary to an unknown destination, in order to prevent it from being interred in a grave dug within the compound of a newly erected bungalow which Nwobodo built after the son’s death.
Nwobodo broke his silence on the matter while addressing journalists at his house in Amechi, Awkunanaw, Enugu, on Tuesday. In an emotion-laden voice, the former governor stated his own side of the story.
He said,
“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?” he added.
He blamed his former wife for the actions of feanyichukwu’s siblings, saying
“it also depicts the character of their mother and her children.”The former governor emphasised that he has only one wife, having divorced his former wife.
“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.”
Hmmmm #FamilyMatters
ReplyDeleteWill waıt to hear from his ex wıfe children before ı judge....Meanwhıle, this is still a famıly matter.. IT İŞ WELL
ReplyDeleteEven his strong face can tell he's one of those stubborn dads wey dey always get wahala
DeleteHis business and not mine
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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This man don vex but i just hope they resolve the whole thing shah.....
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DeleteFamily problem is kind of the worst problem ever................
ReplyDeleteNa wa o
ReplyDeleteSee them washing their dirty linen outside... Sir, do you have any proof that those children aren't yours? You want to bury him before the primaries election, its quite obvious sir that you are more concerned about the election than your son. Smh... Rip ifeanyi
ReplyDeleteAunty Crystals, him pikin die no be say he can't continue his life again.
DeleteFamily issues should be settled privately not the other way round. Haba Mr former governor, bring ur family together!
ReplyDeleteWow. This is huge. Maybe he should go for a DNA test to reassure himself if the children are his. I pray the good lord tables ur matter ASAP.
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Story 4 d gods ur children self don disfather u..rubbish man
ReplyDeleteBringing private matters to the public
ReplyDeleteBut wait oh am. Yoruba and in my custom parents re not meant to be at d burial of their child or graveyard.the arrangement should be made by d other siblings na I don't fink he's meant to b d one burying his child ...but except if ibo cultures differs from mine
ReplyDeleteShebi u know ur brain have turn,how will you not know that ibo and yoruba have very different cultures....u pple can like to comment anyhow.....mtchew
Deletei am nonso.dad you shouldn't have taken this isue to the media.unless you agree too our own,you we not see him.*oke*
ReplyDeletePerils of a polygamous family...polygamy doesnt favour anyone in the long run...
ReplyDeleteHe knws the truth but not ready to say, until then spare us d bullshit.
ReplyDeletePublic affairs!
ReplyDeletewhatvr made him go dis far, could be actualy serious, he sounds pained
ReplyDeleteHey ya,God wil let dem com back to their senses very soon
ReplyDeleteThe issue here is the inheritance in igbo culture. Traditionally the first son owns the estate that the father lives. The siblings of ifeanyi are just trying to secure the compound for their late brother. Well the fathers position is that ifeanyi lost the position of owning the buildibg because he died before his father. I dont know how this is usually resolved if a first son dies before his dad. I think its the elders in the village that should be able to resolve this. Not a press matter atall...thefather has acted childishly by coming to pressto disown his children.......This maybe a problem after the old nwobodo dies...thechildren from the second wife will come up with this press relaese that their father has disowned the other kids from the first wife ..thereby creating inheritance prpblems.......
ReplyDeleteBoth the ifeanyi siblings and their father are right but one has to give way for the dead to rest in peace.
Hope the elders can settle this matter.
Thank you.
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This is strictly family matters. I am disappointed.
ReplyDelete*Nonny*
Resolve your family issues, this isn't time for blames.
ReplyDeleteI reserve my comment.family ish
ReplyDeleteThat is so sad.
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