Many have complained about the craze by some Nigerian who engage in extravagant spending during burial ceremony for dead relatives who, in most cases, did not "enjoy" while living. Permit me to say women are generally believed to be more guilty of this act.
Newsmen gathered that another young Nigerian family has been thrown into double mourning as a result of the inability of the man of the house to provide enough money for burial.
A 34-year-old undergraduate of the Ekiti State University, Danusa Jimoh, has beaten his 31-year-old-wife, Mopeto death in Are-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
Jimoh, from Okene in Kogi State, according to the Ekiti State Police PRO, Victor Babayemi, committed the act in the course of a domestic disagreement on July 3, 2012.
The couple reportedly fought over the inability of the man to give the wife enough money for the burial ceremony of her late father.
The suspect was said to have given the woman some amount of money she considered inadequate for the ceremony. Jimoh said his wife, who hails from Ijero-Ekiti, hit her head against a hard object while they were fighting and passed out.
He revealed that he was usually having quarrel with his late wife over sundry issues and that on the fateful day, it was the issue of money for the coming burial event that led to a fight.
He said his mother had to give the deceased some money to augment what he gave her when she said it was not enough to finance the burial ceremony, but that she was still adamant.
The couple is blessed with a child... Jimoh is expected to be charged to court soon.
