The 52-year-old Charles Obong until his death was a senior personnel officer at the Ministry of Public Service for a decade (2006 \u2013 2016).<\/p>\n
His son-in-law confirmed that his will stated that his wife should deposit a huge amount of money in his coffin.<\/p>\n
The money was to be given to God on the Day of Judgement as an offertory so that his sins could be forgiven.<\/p>\n
Even though the exact sin was not stated, he asked his brother and sister to ensure that his wife does as he instructed.<\/p>\n
Uganda\u2019s Daily Monitor news portal reported that he died after a protracted illness and was buried in his ancestral home in the northern Lira district of the country.<\/p>\n
The portal added that the metallic coffin he was buried in cost 20 million shillings ($5500).<\/p>\n
His will was however \u2018violated\u2019 over the weekend after his remains were exhumed and the money removed by his clan members.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: Africanews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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