Kaduna: Court orders release of Cecilia Bakam’s corpse amid family dispute …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
An Upper Customary Court, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, has ordered the immediate release of the corpse of the late Cecilia Bakam, who died in October 2023 and could not be buried following a clash within the family over where the deceased should be buried.
The case, seen by many as a clash between tradition and the debasement of values, left the body of Mrs. Cecilia Peter Bakam unburied due to her alleged dying wish.
The presiding judge, Danladi Douglas, while delivering judgment in Kaduna on Thursday, stated that the corpse of Cecilia Bakam should be immediately released to the elders, saying…
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