Two sons of the former civilian governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo were arrested in Enugu by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad from Abuja Monday afternoon.
The arrested was sequel to a petition written by their father, Chief Nwobodo in which he reportedly alleged that his two sons, Nso and Chukwudi born by his divorced wife, Mrs. Mukosolu were threatening his life.
In the case reported at Area 10 Police Station Abuja, Chief Nwobodo was said to have also named the son of his late elder brother, John Nwobodo who allegedly permitted the burial of Dr Ifeanyi Nwobodo jnr in his father’s compound on December 16 after the protracted family feud that disrupted the earlier burial arrangement made by the former governor.
Sources said that Nso and Chukwudi whom Chief Nwobodo accused of masterminding the disappearance from the mortuary of Ifeanyi’s corpse on December 6, 2014, were arrested by the policemen Monday afternoon and detained at the SARS office from where they would be taken to Abuja on Tuesday.
Although details of how they were arrested was scanty by press time, it was learnt that the policemen told them that they had orders from Abuja to effect their arrest to respond to various allegations leveled against them by their father.
Efforts by the policemen to arrest the son of Nwobodo’s late elder brother proved abortive as he could not be found but the sources said a manhunt had been launched for him within the coal city.
Chief Nwobodo had disagreed with his children over the burial place for Dr. Ifeanyi a development that prevented the funeral ceremony in December causing the former governor a huge embarrassment.
He had built a house opposite his residence at Amechi village where he directed that Ifeanyi should be buried but his children including the two sons and a daughter based in United Kingdom kicked against his decision to bury their brother who was his first son outside his compound.
The former governor had insisted that the Ifeanyi’s corpse would be buried in the new house he built for him after his demise but on the day of the burial the corpse was removed to an unknown place and the dignitaries invited for the funeral ceremony were disappointed.
Following the development, Nwobodo told newsmen that he had disowned the three children and vowed not to have anything to do with the burial of the late son anymore.
However, Ifeanyi’s brothers organized another burial ceremony on December 16 in the absence of their father who had left for Abuja but the corpse which earlier disappeared was buried inside the compound of Nwobodo’s elder brother, John which shares the same fence with that of the former governor.
“What is happening is very unfortunate because we had though that Chief Nwobodo has decided to let the matter die after he had announced that he has disowned his children.
“I am aware that what is happening now is not unconnected with the seizure of Ifeanyi’s corpse and the refusal to bury him at the compound where his father built a house for him after his demise but it is wrong to take the family matter this far after the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and some eminent religious leaders had intervened,” the source said.
SOURCE : ADVOCATE NIGERIA
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