Liberia: Lawmaker to Dowry Dead Woman

The home-going of a loved one or family member is a final earthly journey that is usually characterized by grieve and an atmosphere of serenity, but the story was totally different over the weekend at the Samuel A. Striker Funeral Home in Sinkor, Monrovia when two Liberian lawmakers engaged in violent verbal exchanges over a dead body.

Representatives Baron Brown of Grand Bassa County and Senator Jonathan Banney of River Cess County engaged each other in bitter exchanges over the dead body of one Cecelia Boe Barney, identified as one of the wives of the Senator.

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