Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB has called on South-East governors and religious leaders to ban mortuaries because the spirits of dead bodies in morgues were wandering around without rest because they were not buried or committed to mother earth.
MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu made the call in a statement made available to newsmen and circulated on the social media on Monday, March 10.
In the statement, Madu said “the wandering and restless spirits of unburied dead bodies in mortuaries are continuously possessing the younger people, leading and influencing them into all manners of criminalities, evil and wicked acts without fear of the dire consequences of their actions.
“These spiritual influences have erased their godly consciences and replaced them with all kinds of immorality, lust for blood shedding, lust for wealth and mundane things,” he stated, adding that spirits of dead bodies in mortuaries were wandering around without rest because they were not buried or committed to mother earth.
“The wandering and restless spirits of unburied dead bodies in mortuaries are continuously possessing the younger people, leading and influencing them into all manners of criminalities, evil and wicked acts without fear of the dire consequences of their actions.
“This raging possession of Igbo Youths and young men have created a strong urge of getting quick wealth without meaningful work or trading. The tap root of all criminal tendencies, evil and wicked activities in the lives of the young men and women in our society is the possession and influence of the spirits of unburied dead bodies in mortuaries,”
The group also called on churches to ban bringing in dead bodies in caskets into the church during funerals.
According to the group, “the entrance of dead bodies in a casket inside the house of God corrupts the holiness of the church. The spirit of a dead person can never rest until it is buried. It is an abomination in Igbo traditional culture to keep a de!d body for more than four Igbo market days.”
