 Following the death of veteran UPC leader Ndeh Ntumazah in early 2010, Ntumazah's family refused to allow Kodock to speak at his funeral.Although Kodock and Ntumazah had once been rivals within the UPC, Kodock described Ntumazah as "a long-time friend" and "a comrade of the struggle", and he said that he was insulted by the family's decision to exclude him.Ntumazah's family, on the other hand, argued that the decision was appropriate because Kodock had ignored Ntumazah during the years of illness that preceded his death; they claimed that Kodock had never phoned to inquire about Ntumazah's health.