Dying man saves $55K to bribe God
$55,000, which he intended to appease God to forgive his earthly sins.
His metallic coffin cost $5,500.
Identified as Charles Obong, he was a senior
personnel officer at the Ministry of Public Service for a decade (2006 – 2016).
should deposit a huge amount of money in his coffin, which in Ugandan money was
200 million shillings.
an offertory so that his sins could be forgiven. Even though the exact sin was
not stated, he asked his brother and sister to ensure that his wife does as he
instructed.
2016 after a protracted illness and was buried in his ancestral home in the
northern Lira district of the country.
stolen from the safe where he kept it and only $5,700 was found in his coffin
when it was exhumed.
said the huge sum of money disappeared from the safe.
reported to police. Meanwhile, $5,700 recovered from the coffin after the
exhumation of Obong’s body, has been handed to the deceased’s family.
seal.
package for each lawmaker as a way of ensuring deceased members of the National
Assembly are given ‘befitting burials’.
for each member who died.