Ugandan local websites report that a 89-year-old man who was an addict in reading newspapers has been buried with piles of newspaper.

According to the news, Dodoviko Ssenyengo had before his departure instructed relatives to bury him with newspapers in respect as he used to love reading newspapers mostly while on earth.

“Rarely would he be seen without a copy of his newspaper,” a local shopkeeper told New Vision.

It is said he did not trust the relatives would keep his collection of newspapers and so he came to the decision of this strange and bizarre dying wish.

The story has recently happened in central Uganda.