Slain Kano business woman, Agbahime buried amid tears.

Tears flowed freely when the remains of the slain Kano business woman, Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, was yesterday interred at her mat­rimonial home, Umudimodu village in Amaukwu-Orodo autonomous community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.

Relations and hundreds of sympathisers, who extolled the sterling virtues of the late woman, wept uncontrollably when the casket bearing her remains was interred into the mother earth.

People who gathered, rained courses on the Islamic fanatics who killed the woman because she expressed her disapprov­al of allowing them convert the frontage of her shop into a praying ground.

Her husband and children as well as members of her im­mediate family wept uncon­trollably, bemoaning what has become of the matriarch of the family and tasking the Police to get to the root of the matter and ensure speedy and justi­ciable trial.

Community leaders also la­mented that people could just snuff life out of people, point­ing out that such attitude had remained, particularly in the northern parts of the country because security agencies and government do not act as they ought to have done, giving the impression that they give tac­it approval to such extrajudi­cial killings.

Speaking at the burial site, the Senator representing Imo East Senatorial Zone, Sena­tor Sam Anyanwu commend­ed the people for avoiding re­prisal attacks and enjoined Nigerians to embrace peace at all times, inspite of the level of provocation.

Represented by the Presi­dent-General of Mbaike Con­gress, Comrade Sam Nwoke, the Senator harped on the need for people to live in uni­ty and called on security agen­cies to be proactive at all times and avoid such killings in the future.

Another sympathiser and member representing Ikedu­ru/Mbaitoli Federal Constit­uency in House of Represent­atives, Hon. Henry Nwawuba urged Nigerians to always see themselves as one irrespective of their religious differences.

Represented by the Direc­tor-General of his campaign organisation, Sir Emma Opa­ra, Nwawuba maintained that it was important for Nigerians to always see themselves as one no matter their geographic lo­cation or religious differences.

According to him, “every­one was created by God, who in His mercy, allows the sun to shine on everyone irrespec­tive of their religious beliefs”, stressing that people must cul­tivate the attitude of tolerance at all times.

Mrs Bridget Agbahime was allegedly beheaded on June 4th by some misguid­ed Islamic extremists in Kano for allegedly refusing to allow them to pray in front of her shop. Some of them claimed she blasphemed against the Is­lamic religion.

Her husband, who was around the scene when she was killed, was said to have es­caped being lynched by whisk­ers as the police arrived early enough to save him from be­ing killed also.

Husband of the deceased, Pastor Agbahime thanked all the people who identified with his family during the ugly saga and prayed God to con­sole them and grant the kill­ers of his wife the grace of re­pentance.