The video of a caged Lion spotted at the burial ceremony of a businessman, Timothy Anyiakaudu Egwuh of Ebe village in Anambra state has caused a lot of stir on social media.
Naija News reports that the burial ceremony held at Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state.
In the viral video, a caged lion was put on display at the burial of the late business man who was buried on May 1st.
According to the igbo tradition, Egwuh during his lifetime was popularly known by his chieftaincy title, Agu Ndi Igbo.
Chuks Ezekwe, who shared the video noted that the deceased’s family decided to honour his title by bringing the caged lion to the burial.
However, the unusual incident has sparked mixed reactions on the social media with some people condemning the actions and others hailed the tradition.
Watch video below;
Some of the reactions below;
One lucci_okoye wrote; ”This lion is obviously hungry,hope those around can observe that. I don’t want to see #justiceforsomtochukwu”
One rhody_fierce wrote; ‘But Agu is not Lion by translation. Odum is the Igbo word for Lion and Agu is the Igbo word for Leopard. Please correct me.’
kmystiq wrote; ‘‘It’s hilarious how people think Agu means lion.”
One joky_thompson wrote; ‘‘I have know Lion to be odum and a leopard as Agu, am not Igbo by origin but I was born and raised in owerre. Handler which one is actually the right name in ibo”
One fn_maceo wrote; ‘That lion is hungry’
One iam_princesolomon wrote; ‘Really wanna honor him, let her out of that cage!’
One mi_iyk wrote; “This is animal abuse, Agu ndi igbo yet na lion una dey suffer like this. ??. Wish that lion can just feast on one of you. Nonsense.”
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