{"id":292884,"date":"2017-02-11T06:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T06:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=292884"},"modified":"2017-02-11T06:16:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T06:16:35","slug":"man-buried-with-55000-to-bribe-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/man-buried-with-55000-to-bribe-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Man buried with $55,000 to ‘bribe’ God"},"content":{"rendered":"
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
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Source: Africanews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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). His son-in-law confirmed that his will stated that his wife should deposit a huge amount of money in his coffin. The money was to be given to God on the Day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117],"tags":[3926,3927],"yoast_head":"\n