Hospital seizes Nigerian Olympian corpse over unpaid N600,000 medical bill

A Lagos-based hospital has seized the corpse of former Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Okorodudu over an unpaid N600,000 medical bill.

It was reported that Okorodudu died at a private hospital in Lawandon, Lagos, on Wednesday night after battling a foot ulcer that left him bedridden for weeks.

Okorodudu died at 64 years old after his health condition relapsed after he was diagnosed with a foot ulcer and suffered a stroke.

Confirming the news, Okorodudu’s wife, Adenike, told the Punch

that the hospital refused to release her husband's body until the unpaid medical cost of N600,000 was paid.

According to her, “He is dead now, but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital.

The Secretary-General of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, and the President of West Africa Boxing Union, Remi Aboderin, also confirmed that the Olympian had passed away.

“It is true about his death. I just confirmed it after you called me and I reached out to some colleagues. It is unfortunate that he died this way, and I am actually lost for words. May his soul rest in peace,” told the Punch.

Okorodudu was born on the 24th May 1959, he was a Nigerian boxer and competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.