Family Of Late Sound Engineer, Precious, Have Refused To Exhume His Body From The River Bank After Collecting Donations – Movie Producer, Stanley Ontop Reveals
Nigerian Movie Producer, Stanley Ontop claims the family of late sound engineer, Precious, who died in the boat accident along with actor Junior Pope and three others, has refused to exhume his body for proper burial in Rivers State after receiving financial assistance from Nigerians.
Precious’s body was buried at the river bank after it was found days after the boat accident. Reports have it that the villagers insisted that his body be buried at the river bank since he drowned and that it can only be taken away after the necessary sacrifices have been carried out.
In a video shared on April 23, Stanley said;
‘’This family was supposed to be in Asaba today to come and exhume the body of Precious. Since morning, I have not heard anything from them. Somebody close to the family called me and said let me tell you the truth, this family is not ready to come and collect the corpse from the Riverside. The only corpse remaining in that riverside is only that of Precious. I have raised N1.2 million for this family to come and exhume his body and take it back to Rivers State. A senior pastor gave them N10 million to also support. The Rivers state government also said go and exhume your son and then give us the estimate. Now the father doesn’t want to come and exhume his son, saying he is a traditionalist. He said he doesn’t want to come and carry the corpse but he came online to cry to Nigerians to help raise funds for him”.
He also shared an audio recording from the twin sister of the late Precious where she could be heard saying;
‘’We cannot do against our tradition, The only thing we will do is for us to find way to call the spirit out. We cannot do against our tradition. Are you trying to destroy our family by making us to uproot someone that water has taken.”
Watch the video below:
