Khadijat Mohammed, wife of Abdullahi Bhuwa Usman, a soldier who was killed by Boko Haram terrorists, has urged the army authorities to bury her husband and allow him "rest in peace."
It is gathered that Usman, who recently got married to Khadijat, was among the soldiers killed on January 29 when the insurgents engaged the Nigerian military in a four-hour battle to take control of Dikwa.
Khadijat said that she got to know about her husband’s death on social media, adding that the Nigerian Army did not inform his family. She alleged that the army authorities said her husband would not be buried until some senior officers who travelled to Abuja returned to Borno State. "And imagine, he was a Muslim."
“When we first heard about his death, we went to the army’s mortuary to check if we would see his dead body but they got angry. A senior officer asked me who told us that he was dead.
They didn’t allow me to see him, they only allowed his father and his brother to see him. They claimed his wife could not see him. They said I would be able to see him at the time he would be buried. They were very angry that we got to know about his death.
“Then they said they would not bury him until their seniors come back from Abuja. That’s how bad they treat civilians. Imagine, they didn’t pay any condolence visit to the family, they promised to come but they have not come till now. All they were after was "who told us about his death".
“I wish to appeal to the Nigerian Army authorities to bury my husband. He was a Muslim. In Islam, this is not acceptable. I just want them to bury my husband, let them allow him to Rest In Peace. I don’t know what’s delaying his burial, they should allow him to rest.”
Reviewed by Apeh Matthew
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February 22, 2021
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