Man 29, Dies While Digging Grave Of an Elderly Woman

A man 29, was said to have died while digging a grave of a dead elderly woman.
The incident occurred in Onunwankwo village, Umuhuali community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The man identified as Ifeanyi Nwafor was reported to have slumped and died inside the grave he was digging the grave of a dead elderly woman in the village.
According to sources, Late Ifeanyi hailed from

Nwafor had participated in the drinking episode of the wake keep till dawn when they began to prepare the grave for the arrival of the Parish priest to bury the dead woman.

When Nwafor got into the grave with a digger, he dug two times and on the third round could not bring down the digger, but slumped and died inside the grave.”

 Late Ifeanyi hailed from Azuegu village and participated in all the burial activities of the deceased woman, Madam Alioke Mgbanya.

Efforts by sympathisers to revive nwafor proved abortive.

Nwafor has since been buried in his own grave on Saturday at the Azuegu village Umuhuali, Ekuma said.
An eye witness who preferred anonymity said Nwafor was a driver, and he was survived by a wife and two children.