The chief of Akim Heman in the Eastern Region, Nana Professor Apori, has debunked claims that he refused to allow some residents of the town to bury their deceased relative there due to an alleged personal feud between him and some relatives of the deceased person.

Over the weekend, the family of the late Yaw Ankomah had to return the corpse to the morgue at Ankasi following the alleged refusal of the chief for the dead man to be buried.

All the mourners from far and near left disappointed over the issue.

In an interview with Class News, however, Nana Professor Apori explained that the family failed to follow due customs in burying the deceased who had lived outside the area throughout his entire life.

“The rules are that if somebody dies, you expect a death certificate and a burial certificate. I requested for those things and they were not there”, the chief explained, adding: “If you are in a community and we all observe that somebody is sick and dies, we bury him; but if the person dies outside of the town and nobody knows what killed him or her and you just bring the corpse to town to bury, we expect that you give us a death certificate and burial certificate.

“And, if these things are not accompanying the corpse, the linguist said we can’t take their drinks. We don’t charge anybody for burial, you just bring a bottle of Schnapps, we give you free land to bury your corpse… I don’t have any personal problem with him [deceased], so, I disregard those comments”.
 ClassFM