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Fear Grips Community As Ngige Kinsman ‘Buried Alive’ Reappears

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March 3, 2022

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Fear Grips Community As Ngige Kinsman ‘Buried Alive’ Reappears

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A kinsman of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, Mr Olisa Igbonwa on Wednesday, reappeared at the police headquarters in Awka to report that he was alive.

Igbonwa, who hails from Alor in Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State, was rumoured to have been buried alive.

There has been a viral video claiming that he was buried alive in Alor by elders of the village.

The video claimed the elders met and took a decision to bury and mourn Igbonwa alive for taking ‘Ichie Ngene’ title by himself in the community.

Igbonwa was alleged to have taken the chieftaincy title as Ichie Ngene, a decision the community felt was not within his right, leading to a mock burial conducted on him by the elders of the community.

Rumours have been flying that Igbonwa was in a casket taken around the community by the elders and buried in a forest.

However, Igbonwa, who was at the office of the Anambra Police Public Relations Officer, said that he is not only alive but would complete the taking of the Ichie title, irrespective of the threat to be buried alive.

According to him, he received a chieftaincy title from HRM Igwe Alor but was threatened by some people to renounce the chieftaincy title within 30 days or face dire consequences.

However, the police in a statement by the spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, declared the publications and the video clip as false and misleading.

“Meanwhile, an investigation is still ongoing and further details shall be communicated please,” it added.

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