FMC Owerri Plans Mass Burial, Gives Ultimatum To Deceased’s Relatives

The Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, has stated that it will conduct mass burial for hundreds of unidentifiable corpses in its mortuary.

The hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Jacinta Achonu, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital, on Wednesday, stated that all the corpses that were not claimed by their families and relatives in a fortnight’s time would be given mass burial.

The statement read, “This is to inform the general public that the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, intends to conduct mass burial of abandoned corpses in its mortuary.

“In view of this, those whose relatives are missing should visit the hospital’s mortuary for possible identification and collection of such corpse(s) within two weeks from this publication.”