As the exhumation saga surrounding Late Chief Ifeanyichukwu Donatus Amuchienwa, fondly called Dee Dona, continues to trend with insinuations, allegations, and questions demanding answers, many are questioning whether the food he ate at the Traditional Head's hotel room, by his invitation, triggered a silent but serious sickness that weakened his health, resulted in kidney failure, and ultimately led to his death.
Following a purported recorded audio message where the separated wife of Dee Dona, of over 32 years, reportedly boasted that the food Dee Dona ate at the Traditional Head's hotel room was purportedly prepared by her, many concerned indigenes of the community are asking why the Traditional Head would serve Dee Dona food prepared by his separated wife of over 32 years, knowing that she was separated from the deceased due to issues of adultery.
There is an insinuation and allegation from a family source close to the deceased that the food served to him by the Traditional Head in his hotel room before he headed for payment of bride price by his son's was allegedly laced. Family sources alleged that the Traditional Head was aware that Dee Dona did not get along with his separated wife and does not eat what she cooks due to her alleged immoral lifestyle, as the marriage reportedly ended in separation as a result of adulterous lifestyle.
Many are asking if is no longer forbidden for a married man to eat the food of an adulterous wife, as it often has negative effects on the man's health and progress in life, with a reverse gear?
According to the family source, the Headship of the Traditional Stool invited the deceased to meet with him in his hotel room before he headed to the bride payment ceremony by his son, alleging that at the hotel room, the headship of the traditional stool personally served the deceased food, a meal he accepted with a clean heart, not knowing it was the beginning of a breakdown in his health.
From reports, the bride price was paid on Friday, while the traditional wedding was carried out on Saturday.
There are also questions about who invited four extra traditional heads from neighboring communities without the knowledge or approval of the groom's father. Many are asking, assuming the groom's father was dead before the celebration, what about his siblings?
Family sources said he was healthy before traveling to Abuja, but a few days after he returned from Abuja, his body mechanism changed.
A close family source said the deceased never stopped tracing the root of his ailment to the food he was served at the hotel room of a man viewed as a custodian of culture and tradition.
An indigene of Ubomiri, Mr. Mike Agbahime, asked; "what was the purpose of inviting him to his hotel room, and why should a man the groom's father did not officially invite to his son's traditional wedding suddenly request the groom's father to come to his hotel room to see him before going for the bride payment by his son?
Was it for the food to be served to him? Was it a planned deal? Why should he do such without informing Dee Dona?
From another sampled opinion; Mrs. Amara Nwawuihe asked; if the scenario was not questionable, the manner the separated wife carelessly laughed over the audio message makes it questionable, saying, "I cooked the food the idiot ate at the meeting with the Traditional Head in his hotel room," calls for serious investigation.
In the words of Ben Ejiogu, an indigene of Ubomiri, "Was the Headship of the traditional stool used as a trap on him? He also asked, knowing very well the adulterous issues that led to separation for over 32 years, why would he intentionally serve him food prepared by her? Now the man is late, and they also exhumed him in a questionable manner without due process and clear destination of his corpse. They have offended him in life and death. The exhumation was a sacrilege, a serious offense against nature, and ancestors may not forgive them. They should look for a strong native doctor for cleansing."
Many who are familiar with the perceived poor, disrespectful, and disdained manner the deceased was treated during his lifetime and at death are calling for justice, equity, and fairness. As the allegations continue to trend, there is no official statement from any official community source, but concerned family members, media observers are pushing for answers that will bring solution and consolation to the legitimate wife of the deceased. They have also urged relevant government authorities to take action in the case.