A family in Tombo Mbatie, Benue State’s Buruku local government area, is said to have rejected a casket brought by their son-in-law for the burial of his mother-in-law.
According to a post on Bem Raphael Aondongu’s Facebook page, the family claimed that the casket was not visually appealing enough.
The wooden coffin is shown upside down in photos published after the family declined their son-in-law’s offer. According to reports, this incident happened on March 30, 2023.
Raphael wrote in a post;
“Sons of a deceased mother rejected and threw away a casket brought by son in-law from Wannue Tarkaa to Tombo Mbatie, Buruku BENUE state.
In the early hours of today, an undisclosed family rejected a casket brought by son in-law for the burial of mother in-law. As the TIV tradition demands, when a mother or a father dies, the first female child who is married is saddled with the responsibility to make provision for a casket for the burial of any of the deceased parents.
And for the maintenance of tradition, the first female child in conjunction with her husband who is a son in-law to the deceased mother, tried as he could to bring this casket in the pictures below but only to be rejected.
According to the family of the deceased, they said the casked isn’t beautiful and too poor to bury a member of their family.
You can see how they casket is turned upside down.”
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