Posted by Chinenye on Wed 04th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
A heartbreaking situation has left Nollywood actor Uche Odoputa and his family with no choice but to plan a funeral without their father's body.
(Uche Odoputa. Photo Credit: Daily Post)
Nollywood actor Uche Odoputa says his family will hold a funeral for his late father, Mr Kenneth Chukwumezie Odoputa, with an empty casket because they have no body to bury.
Odoputa shared the news in an emotional post, saying the family will honour his father in a few weeks.
He said that even without a body, they want to celebrate his father's life and remember the love they shared.
In the post, Odoputa wrote that the family has his life to remember, his dignity to honour and their love to express.
Uche explained his father as an honest man and said the family will keep his memory alive.
He also encouraged anyone going through grief to talk to someone they trust and seek support.
"Our family paid ransom, yet my father was k!lled" - Actor Uche Odoputa reveals; family set to hold funeral and bury an empty casket. https://t.co/cQ4t6VQSjk
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