dead rite

Whichever way it goes, the boy must perform the marital rite to our daughter's corpse.

"Those feared dead are the family head, his sister and two children, while those recuperating in the hospital are the mother and three other children. "The corpses of the deceased had been buried in accordance with Islamic rite.

A top government official in the state, who craved anonymity because traditional rite must be performed before the demise of the monarch could be made public, confirmed the Akarigbo's death.

Muslim faithful later observed a special funeral rite in absentia for him", the widow said. Mrs. Dame said she married the late lawmaker after he converted to Islam nine years ago though they had no child before his death.

"They have been buried according tothe Islamic rite this morning," said Kalli who confirmed that the slain victims were all IDPs from Bama who later volunteered to be members of the Civilian- JTF.