OBINABO TAKES MORTICIAN TO COURT OVER ST@LEN C@RPSE
By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu
Anambra State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Hon Ify Obinabo through the ministry's Legal Unit has taken one Mr Uchenna Ugochukwu Joseph to court over missing corpse of late Okeke Chinonso, a 26 year old female.
Mr Ugochukwu Joseph is the owner of New Centuary Medical Complex Mortuary Isuaniocha.
According to the Complainants, Mrs Rejoice Odogwu sister to the deceased and Mr Sopuruchukwu Okeke, the deceased husband, late Chinonso's body was deposited at New Centuary Medical Complex Mortuary Isuaniocha on the 4th of August, 2023 and when they were ready to bury their dead was given another corpse entirely different from who they deposited.
Upon inquiry, they noted that the mortician insisted that who they were given is who they brought, which according to them is not true.
They alleged that the corpse, which was handed over to them, was that of an older woman, whereas theirs was a 26 year old female. They also stated that the body deposited was on low cut before and after death but the body given to them had her hair weaved and that the body given to them has been operated upon whereas theirs has never undergone any form of surgery among other things they said were off with the body handed over to them.
Mr Sopuruchukwu Okeke notified the Honourable Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, that after they refused to take the corpse which the mortician was forcing down their throat, the owner of the mortuary Mr Uchenna Ugochukwu Joseph started threatening them for refusing to take the embalmed body which according to them isn't who they deposited in the mortuary.
When asked why they never visited the mortuary, Mrs Rejoice said that on her part she's scared of going to the place as she won't be able to control her emotions but that her in-laws elder sister was denied access to the place because the mortuary attendant told her that they don't give pregnant women access to the morgue.
They also hinted that all the while the sister Inlaw was coming to see the deceased which they kept denying her access, the mortuary kept asking of the date of the burial which they didn't take as anything but rather trusted their services only to get defrauded of her late sister's remain.
The Mrs Rejoice Odogwu, sister to the deceased, noted that although they are from Ezinifite Okpuno Awka, the deceased until her death lived with her husband at Nkpor. She also revealed that late Chinonso died during childbirth which made them to bring her body near home in order to enable them prepare for the burial only to be defrauded of her corpse in October when they came to carry her remains.
The sister to the deceased further stated that Mr Joseph afterward approached them with the sum of 850,000 naira for settlement after the matter has been reported to the community
After listening to the Complainants and asking necessary questions, the women affairs boss Hon Obinabo assured them of justice and further handed the case over to her legal unit.
The case was filed and called up at Magistrate Court Achalla for hearing.
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