The remains of the late Jeremiah “Jerry” Okorodudu, who won a gold medal at the Oluyole 1979 National Sports Festival in Ibadan, was seized by the hospital where he was receiving treatment due to an outstanding N600,000 medical bill. This was confirmed by his wife, Adenike on Wednesday. “He is dead now but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital,” Adenike was quoted by PUNCH.
June 29, 2023The remains of the late Jeremiah “Jerry” Okorodudu, who won a gold medal at the Oluyole 1979 National Sports Festival in Ibadan, was seized by the hospital where he was receiving treatment due to an outstanding N600,000 medical bill.“He is dead now but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital,” Adenike was quoted byThe deceased died on Wednesday at age 64 after battling foot cancer.
He was a gold medallist at Ibadan's Oluyole 1979 National Sports Festival. His medical predicament began in 2020 with a boil affliction that affected his mobility. He then had a successful surgery at Dans Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos.SaharaReporters.com is an outstanding, groundbreaking news website that encourages citizen journalists to report ongoing corruption and government malfeasance in Africa.
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