Despite his widow and children refusing to attend the funeral, Burkina Faso's most well-known revolutionary Thomas Sankara was reinterred in the nation's capital by the military junta.
At the location of his murder in 1987, Sankara was buried.
His immediate family preferred that the reburial take place away from the "crime scene," at a location that would "appease hearts.".
The disagreement is considered regrettable because the funeral was intended to honor a man who was regarded as a national hero.
The pan-Africanist Sankara was known for leading a simple life and speaking out against neo-colonialism. .
The Thomas Sankara Memorial Park in the nation's capital, Ouagadougou, has a large statue of him in front of his new grave.
His widow, Maria, and children weren't present at the funeral, but some of his relatives were, according to the AFP news agency.
Sankara should have been buried in a public park or at the cemetery from which his body was exhumed in 2015 as part of investigations into his assassination, according to a previous statement made on behalf of the family.
In the statement, it was stated that "we believed and continue to believe that it is fundamental that a space be found that allows us to gather and appease hearts, and not divide us and increase resentment.".
According to the military government, the location was chosen for its "national interest" and "security imperatives.".
When a hit squad assassinated Sankara and 12 other people, he was the president of Burkina Faso.
His friend Blaise Compaoré was able to take control in a coup thanks to the assassination.
The junta's prime minister and other officials and dignitaries attended a ceremony where the 12 people killed alongside him were also reburied in coffins covered in the national flag.
Sankara's uncle Mousbila was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying, "We thank the authorities who took part in writing an important page of our history.".
In the wake of his overthrow in a popular uprising in 2014, Compaoré was given a life sentence for his involvement in the murder of Sankara.
He is in exile in Ivory Coast and disputes being connected to the murder.
Since his overthrow, Burkina Faso has been experiencing political unrest, and the security situation has gotten worse as brutal insurgents led by militant Islamists wage an uprising.
However, efforts to honor Sankara have continued despite the military's subsequent seizure of power.
However, the fact that the junta and his family were unable to agree on his reburial has left many people disappointed.
They believe he should be left alone 35 years after their hero was killed.
