The remains of Stephen Aloefuna, a
former footballer with Rangers
International Football Club in the 1980s
was recently discovered in his family
home in Amikwo Village in Awka South
LGA after passing away about 2 years
ago from mental illness.
According to Sunnewsonline , the sister
of the late footballer, Miss Ngozi
Aloefuna (pictured above), who is a
popular food vendor at Eke-Awka
market in Anambra, had kept the
remains of her late younger brother in
the family home after no family
member wanted to be involved in his
burial rites.
The remains of the late footballer was
discovered after one of his brothers,
Ifeanyi, returned home and demanded
to be shown where his late brother was
buried. Ngozi then took him to the
room within the family compound
where late Stephen passed away two
years ago, his body already decomposed
and turned into a skeleton. When
interrogated, Miss Aloefuna said she
had nothing sinister to do with her late
brother's corpse, stating that she had
been the one taking care of him since
he came down with mental illness and
finally died. Many believed she used his
body part for her food business.
"I am innocent. I did not kill my
brother. Everybody knew he had a
mental problem and was seriously
sick before he died. Before he died,
I was the only person that was
taking care of him for years and
nobody asked me how he was
faring until he died. They said I
killed him and used his body to
prepare the food that I sell but only
God knows the truth. I leave it for
God to judge. I decided to cover
him till he, one of our brothers,
comes back because only I cannot
bury him. After two years of his
death, some of our family members
came and asked of him and I told
them he is dead and they said I
should show them his grave. I
opened his room and showed them
where he died. Then I was arrested
and taken to the police station" she
said
