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November 29, 2017 at 12:02PM
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Oluwatobi Bolashodun
- Rukkayya the widow of late Taraba lawmaker, has been ejected from her late husband’s house
- The three-time lawmaker's widow was evicted by relatives of the husband
- The Taraba lawmaker, died in Yola after brief illness late October
The widow of late Taraba lawmaker, Abdulmumini Dame, has been ejected from her late husband’s house in Jalingo, weeks after his burial, Premium Times reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that Rukkayya, who is still mourning her husband, was evicted from the apartment by his relatives.
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Dame, a three-time lawmaker, who represented Ardo–Kola in the state House of Assembly, died in Yola after brief illness late October and was buried on the 26th that same month. Later controversy ensued over the mode of his burial rites.
His wife insisted that he should be buried in the Islamic way while relatives opted for traditional rites.
She said: ”While I insisted that Muslim rites be observed, his younger brother, Dennis Dame and other relatives said that he was not a Muslim.
”I ran to an Upper Area Court in Jalingo on the 30th of last month to seek redress and the court gave an order that we (all parties involved) shall maintain status quo and his body should not be buried. The corpse was deposited at a morgue.
”While we awaited further instructions from the court, his younger brother and other relatives, assisted by a top government official in the state government house defied the court order and ‘sneaked out’ the dead body and they observed traditional burial rites contrary to his Islamic belief. Muslim faithful later observed a special funeral rite in absentia for him.’’
The widow also said she married the late lawmaker after he converted to Islam nine years ago though they had no child before his death.
Rukkayya's lawyer, Muhammad Rabiu, has since filed a suit seeking redress.
However the late lawmaker’s brother in his reaction, denied that there was a marriage between Dame and Rukkayya.
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NAIJ.com previously reported that a member of the Anambra state House of Assembly, Mr. Francis Mmegbuaneze, is dead.
According to the report, the lawmaker died barely 12 hours after participating in the APGA governorship primary election ahead of the governorship election in the state.
The incumbent governor of the state, Willie Obiano, emerged as the party’s governorship candidate.
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Family evict late Taraba lawmaker’s ‘widow’ after husband’s death
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