The corpse of the celebrated alleged man-eater, Clifford Orji, who died three weeks ago, has been rejected by family.

This is because nobody has come to claim his body.

Orji died after 13 years of awaiting trial in Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Lagos, and his body was deposited at the Isolo General Hospital mortuary.

An authoritative source at the hospital, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed that Orji’s body was brought to the hospital by prison officials.

However, since then, neither the family members nor the prison officials have come to check on it.

The source said the hospital authorities have been waiting for whoever would take responsibility for the corpse.

He maintained that there had been similar cases where family members refused to claim their dead ones and after a period the hospital management procured necessary documents from the law courts, Ministry of Health and other relevant authorities to bury the abandoned corpses.

The source said: “But in the case of Clifford Orji, our hands are tied. We are patiently waiting to see what the government would do because, as it is, nobody is willing to claim the body.”

The senior official said though the hospital has symbiotic relationship with the Prisons and the Police, it would not have accepted the body of such a controversial person.

However, when contacted, a senior management member of the Prisons, who did not want his name in print, said the Nigerian Prisons Service did not do anything wrong by depositing Orji’s body in the government hospital.

The prisons official said: “The police charged Orji to court and the court in question gave us Clifford Orji to keep for the government, which we did for 13 consecutive years.

“When he eventually died, we could not have buried him.

“So we have to give it to the government hospital to keep for the government.”

He confirmed that during the 13 years the late Orji was in prison custody awaiting trial, nobody came to identify with him.

The prisons official also disclosed that with his death, the prisons had washed its hand off Orji’s case.

It would be recalled that Orji died three weeks ago after a brief illness.

He gained national attention following allegation that he killed and ate human beings and sold their parts to ritual killers.

I think there is a way that Igbos contribute to evacuate corpse back to the East for burial...where are the family or the state Govt?

ilugunboy: I think there is a way that Igbos contribute to evacuate corpse back to the East for burial...where are the family or the state Govt?

They just named him clifford orji to divvert his true birth, his real name is oluremi adegoke from ogun state.

If you say his name is orji, which state is he from?

But who celebrate this guy nah?

van bonattel:

They just named him clifford orji to divvert his true birth, his real name is oluremi adegoke from ogun state.

If you say his name is orji, which state is he from?

Una don come....where did you get that info from?

van bonattel:

They just named him clifford orji to divvert his true birth, his real name is oluremi adegoke from ogun state.
If you say his name is orji, which state is he from?

You forgot to add that he (Clifford Orji) is from Ilugun don't mind the bloody psychopath (ilugunboy) always in the habit of igniting e-tribal squabbles 'omo eran'

Please feed his carcass to vultures.

tomakint:
You forgot to add that he (Clifford Orji) is from Ilugun don't mind the bloody psychopath (ilugunboy) always in the habit of igniting e-tribal squabbles 'omo eran'

Go and carry the body of your brother na. Or na only money dey bond you ibos together? Oya go and carry ya brother body. You feel use am for dinner.

tomakint:
You forgot to add that he (Clifford Orji) is from Ilugun don't mind the bloody psychopath (ilugunboy) always in the habit of igniting e-tribal squabbles 'omo eran'

Go and carry the body of your brother na. Or na only money dey bond you ibos together? Oya go and carry ya brother body. You feel use am for dinner.