Staunch supporters of late Abubakar Audu have forwarded death threats to the Islamic cleric who boasted about resurrecting the dead but failed after an attempt.
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The remains of former Kogi governor, Prince Abubakar Audu was this afternoon laid to rest at Ogbonicha, Ofu Local Government Area.
The burial rites were conducted by a team of Imams from across Igalaland at the residence of the deseased.
Controversy had trailed the burial of the former governor when rumour filtered into town that he had resurrected. A prophet had earlier promised to revive Audu back to life.
There was however a
mild drama between the prophet and members of the Audu family, who had refused to let him in. The youths of Ogbonicha broke the door to the room where Audu was laid to allow the prophet gain access.
However, the prophet failed to resurrect Audu, prompting the youths to go berserk, threatening to kill the prophet for giving them false hope as reported by the Vanguard.
The burial was well attended as scores of the who-is-who in Nigerian politics as well as members of the business community were in Ogbonicha to pay their last respect to the departed hero.