Three sisters seize and refuse to release the corpse of their late brother to his wife and children for over four years in Anambra State

The Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare is currently interrogating three sisters who have refused to release the corpse of their late brother, Mr Ernest, to his wife and children in Nibo, Anambra State.

The three sisters, who operate a prayer ministry, also seized the entire property of the deceased and denied his family access to them since 2019.

According to the wife and the only surviving son of the deceased, they were also denied access to him when he was still alive and critically ill, as the sisters took him away to their prayer centre.

They also lamented that since Ernest was said to have died, that they have been making efforts to see and bury his corpse, all to no avail.

This claim was also corroborated by a younger brother of the deceased, who confirmed that the three sisters have been a torn in the flesh of the family even to the point that three of them were suspended by the kindred and the Umuada.

In their defense, one of the accused, simply identified as Augustina, claimed they took the action because the deceased was not in good terms with the wife and children when he was alive.