The Rivers State Government has issued a strong warning to those attempting to invade the Port Harcourt cemetery to exhume bodies of their loved ones to have a re-think. Reports emerged late Friday that the remains of the late Executive Chairman of Asari-Toru Local government area of Rivers State, Odiari Princewill who died of coronavirus,
The Rivers State Government has issued a strong warning to those attempting to invade the Port Harcourt cemetery to exhume bodies of their loved ones to have a re-think.
It was gathered that Late Princewill’s body was exhumed by gunmen suspected to be natives of Buguma, his hometown.State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim in a statement said the rumour is baseless and untrue. “The Rivers State Government, therefore, warns families, friends and relations who may want to desecrate the grave of the deceased that the full weight of the law will be visited on them.
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