Media personality Nancy Umeh has criticised the family of late Toluwasing over their public disagreement with his widow concerning his burial arrangements.
In a video shared online, Nancy accused the family of using social media to pressure the grieving woman into accepting their demands.
“We are watching in real time a widow get bullied by her late husband’s family on the internet. The internet is being used as a weapon,” she said.
According to Nancy, marriage gives a wife the right to be involved in decisions concerning her husband’s burial, and the family should not attempt to impose their wishes on her through public pressure.
“She has every right to determine where he will be buried. And using the blogs, using Twitter, using people to try and get her to succumb to your wishes is unfair,” she stated.
Nancy also expressed concern about the widow’s emotional well-being, recalling how her own father struggled to speak for two weeks after losing her mother.
She argued that the disagreement should have been handled privately rather than through repeated public statements.
“Yes, he was your son, but I have one request. Free this woman. Free this widow. You are causing a lot of harm to this woman by coming online every single day to make demands,” she said.
The media personality further condemned relatives who allegedly threatened the widow online, insisting that women should not be expected to resolve strained relationships between their husbands and in-laws.
“It is not our job as women to repair broken relationships between husbands and their families. Leave this woman alone, please,” she added.
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