The corpse of Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah Okorodudu, who represented Nigeria at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, has been seized by a private hospital in Lawandon, Lagos, where he died recently, after battling a foot ulcer that left him hospitalized for weeks.
While talking to Punch, Okorodudu’s wife, Adenike said the hospital is not willing to release her husband’s corpse until the outstanding N600,000 medical bill is paid. She said: “He is dead now but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital.”
Okorodudu’s health challenges started in 2020 with a boil affliction that affected his mobility. He later had a successful surgery at Dans Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos. His health worsened after he was diagnosed with foot ulcer and suffered a stroke.
Azania Omo-Agege, Vice President, Nigeria Boxing Federation, who confirmed the boxer’s death also disclosed that he sent Okorodudu’s wife some money on Tuesday, June 27, for his hospital bill.
Agege said: “I just sent them money yesterday (Tuesday). I sent them N100,000 and we were planning for the amputation (of his leg) on Friday, this is very sad.”
Okorodudu won a gold medal at the Oluyole 1979 National Sports Festival in Ibadan.
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