A politician who saved a lot of money he wanted to use to bribe God in heaven has been buried with the millions.
Charles Obong was buried with money he saved for bribing God
A Zimbabwean politician has been buried with money he said he had
wanted to use to bribe God for the forgiveness of his sins. The news was
made public by The Monitor. Read below:
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Charles Obong, 52, who worked as a senior personnel officer in the
ministry of Public Service from 2006 to 2016, reportedly wanted to use
the cash to redeem his soul before God,
Lira. The hereafter, more so meeting the Creator on Judgement Day,
is without a doubt a spine-chilling thought. This was the
terror-provoking imagination that tormented a former Public Service
officer who saved more than Shs200 million to bribe the Almighty Father
on Judgement Day so He could forgive his earthly sins.
Obong who worked as a senior personnel officer in the ministry of
Public Service from 2006 to 2016, reportedly wanted to use the cash to
redeem his soul before God.
Obong died on December 17, 2016, after a long illness and was
buried at his ancestral home at Adag-ani village, Bar-pii parish, Aromo
Sub-county in Lira District, on Christmas Eve. Obong was buried in a
metallic coffin estimated to have cost Shs20m.
The Aromo Sub-county chairman, Mr David Elic, said his
brother-in-law had left behind a Will, dictating that upon his death,
his wife Ms Margaret Obong should deposit huge sums of money in his
coffin.
He planned to convey the money to God as an offertory so that the
Almighty Father could forgive his sins and save him from hellfire.
He reportedly also instructed his brother Justin Ngole and sister
Hellen Aber to bear witness to ensure his wife follows his testament to
the letter and secure the money in his coffin.
But relatives and local leaders who attended the deceased’s sendoff
said the Will was mute on the sins Obong wanted to make amends for as
he served in public office, including at the Public Service ministry.
Public service has been engulfed in pension scam scandal which cost
government about Shs257 billion. The money was stolen by senior
government officials.
But Mr Obong’s Will was violated as his body was exhumed last
Saturday and the money withdrawn from the grave and his would-be planned
penitence before God frustrated.
Somehow, Mr Obong’s clan members of Okii me Okabo, got wind of the
planned heavenly restitution and forced his wife to reveal everything
during a heated meeting at the home of the deceased’s father, Mr Meceli
Ogwal, last Saturday.
Obong’s wife reportedly confessed that her husband had told her to
bury him with huge sums of cash, which he would carry to heaven to offer
God on Judgement Day. Ms Obong, however, declined to reveal the sums of
money her husband asked he be buried along with.
Ms Obong further stunned clan elders when she said her husband had
also instructed her to ensure Mr Ngole, her brother-in-law, and Ms Aber,
her sister-in-law, should witness her placing the money in the coffin.
The witnesses (Mr Ngole and Ms Aber) also confessed that their brother was buried with countless sums of money.
The widow, who had hired funeral services from Kampala to open up
the grave to put in more money, revealed she had in her possession
another Shs180 million which she intended to stash in the coffin.
During the Saturday’s meeting, the Okii of Okabo clan chief, Mr
Mike Gulu, ordered the exhumation of the body forthwith. And when the
clan members started exhuming the deceased’s body, Ms Obong refused to
hand over the Shs180 million top-up and reportedly sped off in her car
towards Lira Town.
Witnesses
Mr Elic, who witnessed the exhumation of his brother-in-law’s body,
confirmed that when the coffin was opened, US$ 5,700, in the
denomination of 100 notes, was found in the coffin. The money was
removed and was being kept with the Okii of Okabo clan leader.
“The funeral service van also left hurriedly with the grave construction material when the situation became very tense,” Mr Elic added.
The area LC3 councillor, Richard Ecel, confirmed the exhumation. “I
witnessed everything because I was invited there officially. When the
clan elders ordered the exhumation, the widow resisted but was
overpowered and eventually the body was exhumed and the money recovered
from the coffin.”
Mr Jimmy Maxwell Auci, the chairperson of Adag-ani village, said
the body was exhumed after the widow revealed she had placed some money
in the coffin used to bury her late husband.
The body was reburied on Saturday evening and grave reconstructed on Sunday.
According to Mr Gulu, burying a person with money is a taboo among
the Langi. When contacted, Mr Ngole said his elder brother told him that
he had left behind more than Shs6 billion.
“He did not tell me where the money was kept, but his wife had
told me on phone prior to Saturday’s incident that she would bring again
more Shs300 million to add in the coffin so that my brother could also
enjoy,” Mr Ngole told Daily Monitor on phone on Sunday.
“When she was placing the first batch of money, the woman
called me to witness it but I could not inform my people. I was afraid
they could harm her but I broke the silence after I consulted widely.”
According to Mr Ngole, his brother was earning a salary of more
than Shs3 million monthly. His widow works at Entebbe Airport as a
principal immigration officer. The Rev Joel Agel Awio clarified that no
amount of money can buy eternal life, adding that God cannot accept such
a golden handshake.
“The price for eternal life is the blood of Jesus. If you want your sins to be forgiven, do it when you are still alive,” the Anglican priest counselled.
Mr Dila Maxwell, the officer in charge of Aromo Police Post, said
the widow admitted to having placed the money and clothes the deceased
loved in the coffin.
He said the money was worth about Shs20.7 million. The widow could
not be reached for a comment by press time while Mr Ngole, her brother
in-law, did not pick up our repeated calls to his mobile phone.
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