“I have a reasonable apprehension that I, together with
other female sisters, colleagues and relations would be excluded from the
funeral rites which would be unconscionable.
“I do not wish or desire that anyone be excluded from the
occasion on the basis of gender or creed as this goes against not only my sense
of community according to custom but of the general persona of my deceased
daughter who embraced everyone. The deceased was a popular personality with a
huge following. Apparently, it would be unfair not only to me, but to other
people and relations who knew her personality.
“I aver that this matter is urgent on the reasons that the
burial is on 20 November 2020 and belated hearing would prejudice me. There
would be nothing to motivate in that matter since the object of the lawsuit
would become dead. I therefore submit that there would be no remedy for a cause
rendered academic,” she told a High Court judge who is now set to decide on
Monday.
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