PHOTO: Late Mr. Tugbeh Doe was also former Deputy Finance Minister
By Our Staff Writer
It appeared that all was set for the funeral of prominent Liberian businessman, Tugbeh Doe to take place in Monrovia this week, but not until his US-based wife’s writ of injunction was granted by the Civil Law Court in Monrovia to halt the process being spearheaded by his long-time female partner.
This is just one of the latest incidents of its kind involving rivalry over who takes lead over funeral arrangement of a spouse in Liberia in recent times, with the well-publicized one being legal tussle over the funeral of the late from Sinoe County Representative Nagbe Sloh whose wife returned home from the US after his death.
Mr. Tugbeh Doe, who was former Deputy Finance Minister of Liberia, died on October 15, 2022 after a period of illness and his remains were due to be removed from the Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Service in Sinkor this Friday.
However, Mrs. Doe who is in Monrovia from the US prayed that as his wife since 1975, she is the legitimate person to lead her husband’s funeral preparations and not his long-time partner who is owner of the popular Musu Spot bar and restaurant in Monrovia’s Congo Town suburb.
Mr. Doe said she and her late husband got married in the US in 1975, when he was then called Philip M. Doe.