Cemetery Rejects Corpse Of Civil Servant Killed through Lightning In Ilorin

The management of llorin Muslim Cemetery has these days, Friday rejected the corpse of a 47-yr-antique civil servant, Mr Salami Adekunle.

The deceased changed into struck to dying by using lightning in Oro, lrepodun nearby authorities place of Kwara.


The Coordinator in charge of the cemetery, Dr Abubakar Aliagan, made the revelation in Ilorin, to the information employer of Nigeria.

Aliagan said that the cemetery management together disallowed the burial of the deceased after a directive that the corpse have to no longer undergo the normal Islamic prayers and bath.


The coordinator said even though overdue Adekunle was described as a devout Muslim even as alive, Muslims in his community have refused to accept that his demise changed into an act of God.

Aliagan stated;

“If the late Salami will sleep in our Muslim cemetery, we have to do it consistent with lslamic rites’’.

The unfortunate fatal incident took place during a heavy rainfall on Thursday, when Adekunle were given hit with the aid of lightening leading to his death.

a local of lnisa in Osun, Adekunle become until his demise, a staff of the Registry department on the Kwara college of training, Oro.

the public members of the family Officer of the group, Mr Adesola Adewoye, said the circle of relatives of the deceased might meet and conclude on the following step to take at the burial arrangement.