Nigerian music veteran Onyeka Onwenu has blasted the lavish burial socialite Obi Iyiegbu also known as Obi Cubana held for his late mother saying the burial ceremony was obscene and insensitive.
The burial tagged "Burial of the year" was the most talked-about about event for weeks in the streets and on social media.
The actress, author and music veteran made this known when she penned an article for PremiumTimes.
"Celebrate me with prayers, lunch, or dinner afterwards. Share some jokes about me and laugh. Mourn, yes, but not excessively."
"Make merriment and then go about your business. If my friends want to celebrate me, they should do so while I am alive, so that I can enjoy it with them, not when I am gone and have no idea about this. That is me Onyeka Onwenu."
She, however, cleared the air about her thoughts on the lavish spending during the burial, admitting that she didn't condemn the act.
In another part of the article, she wrote about the burial being obscene and insensitive.
"The burial of Obi Cubana’s mother was not only lavish, it was obscene and insensitive. It sent all the wrong signals at a time when Nigeria is wracked with widespread poverty and lack."
