Oyo gives seven-day deadline to claim unidentified bodies, plans mass burial

By Adeola Badru
The Oyo State Government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to families, relatives and next of kin of unidentified and unclaimed bodies deposited in public hospital mortuaries across the state, warning that the remains will be given a mass burial if they are not claimed within the stipulated period.
The government said the decision became necessary following increasing pressure on mortuary facilities due to the growing number of unclaimed corpses occupying storage spaces in government-owned hospitals.
In a statement issued on Monday, the Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, said many of the bodies were deposited in public hospital mortuaries by the Nigeria ...