Clifford Orji’s medical condition worsens in prison

Date: 13-04-2012 5:08 am (13 years ago) | Author: Paddy Hayes
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The health of the suspected cannibal and long-time inmate at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Clifford Orji, has deteriorated, PUNCH Metro has learnt.
 
The Deputy Comptroller of the prison, Mr. Noel Ailewon, said Orji was in a bad state and had gone completely mad.
 
“Orji’s health is getting worse. He has gone completely mad, vomiting and even defecating without restraint and is naked most of the time,” he said.


 
Ailewon said this on Thursday during a visit to the prison by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, and representatives of the Office of the Public Defender.
 
The visit was to evaluate the number of Awaiting Trial Persons and secure the release of persons wrongfully put in the prison.
 
The Director of OPD, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, noted that following a court order, Orji was taken to two Psychiatric hospitals for treatment but was rejected.
 
“Initially, we took Orji to Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, but was rejected because they claimed they did not have long-term medical facilities. Subsequently, he was taken to another hospital in Ewekoro but was similarly rejected,” she said.
 
Ipaye explained that Orji’s case was pathetic because his case had been stalled due to the impediments and said unless Orji received proper medical attention, he could not stand trial.
 
“Orji is mentally disturbed and no hospital is accepting him. Unfortunately, one cannot be tried if one is mentally unstable. So, he’s stuck in the middle. All we can do now is find help for him,” he said.
 
Orji, now 46, was arrested in February 1999 by the police, under the bridge along the Apapa-Oshodi expressway. He was subsequently charged before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, on February 19 but has yet to be tried.
 
Asides Orji, the prisons authorities noted that the number of awaiting trial persons was far higher than convicted persons.
 
In the Maximum prison, it was learnt that 554 persons were awaiting trial, while convicted persons stood at 257.
 
Ipaye assured the prison authorities that the state government was already considering the use of non-custodial sentencing such as community service as a form of punishment for minor offences in order to decongest the prisons.
 
He said, “The OPD is a department under the state Ministry of Justice, created to offer free legal service to members of society who can’t afford a lawyer. By today’s exercise, we’re exploring all avenues to ensure decongestion of prisons. Prisons are necessary in every society but not all offences are worth jail term.
 
“We are already setting up the structure for community service. We have identified some community service centres such as hospitals, orphanages, destitute homes which offenders would be made to clean.”
 
via Punch




Posted: at 13-04-2012 05:08 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- laura4luv85 at 13-04-2012 03:03 PM (13 years ago)
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Dat is nemesis!he hasnt seen anything yet......those ppl he killed will continue 2 hunt him all d days of his life AMEN.....dats ma prayer 4 him shikinah
Posted: at 13-04-2012 03:03 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- ajanni at 13-04-2012 05:39 PM (13 years ago)
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why wasting money on him? hang the idiot or throw it into the lagoon
Posted: at 13-04-2012 05:39 PM (13 years ago) | Grande Master
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- arsenal123 at 13-04-2012 06:21 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: ajanni on 13-04-2012 05:39 PM
why wasting money on him? hang the idiot or throw it into the lagoon

BEST..
Posted: at 13-04-2012 06:21 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Senegal at 13-04-2012 08:41 PM (13 years ago)
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hum
Posted: at 13-04-2012 08:41 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
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- Shaunie at 13-04-2012 08:48 PM (13 years ago)
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what goes around comes back around.
Posted: at 13-04-2012 08:48 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Solidstonez at 13-04-2012 10:30 PM (13 years ago)
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Why will he not run mad? after all the human flesh that he has eaten.....................cheiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Posted: at 13-04-2012 10:30 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Solidstonez at 13-04-2012 10:31 PM (13 years ago)
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the evil that men do , live with them

Posted: at 13-04-2012 10:31 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Solidstonez at 13-04-2012 10:34 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: laura4luv85 on 13-04-2012 03:03 PM
Dat is nemesis!he hasnt seen anything yet......those ppl he killed will continue 2 hunt him all d days of his life AMEN.....dats ma prayer 4 him shikinah
you can say that again

Posted: at 13-04-2012 10:34 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- southpool16 at 14-04-2012 12:24 AM (13 years ago)
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i hav even forgoten this guy self, justize realy worked in this case.
Posted: at 14-04-2012 12:24 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- southpool16 at 14-04-2012 12:28 AM (13 years ago)
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waitoooo, i hope they are not planning to free him, he should remain there till his death, fertig
Posted: at 14-04-2012 12:28 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- gastro at 14-04-2012 12:36 AM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: ajanni on 13-04-2012 05:39 PM
why wasting money on him? hang the idiot or throw it into the lagoon


Bravo ajanni ur best comment so far without sentiment  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

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- valiente at 14-04-2012 12:40 AM (13 years ago)
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 Cry Cry Cry ARA GA-AGBA NDI ARA
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- kingpago at 14-04-2012 06:48 AM (13 years ago)
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Please let no hospital accept him because he is not mad.his men want to take him from any hospital that accepts him.please he is not mad
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- nonsovin at 14-04-2012 07:56 AM (13 years ago)
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ARE U SURE DAT DIS IS NOT D STYLE HE WANT TO ESCAPE 4RM JAIL?
Posted: at 14-04-2012 07:56 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ozobig at 14-04-2012 08:14 AM (13 years ago)
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Remembering Clifford Orji, the cannibal of Costain.
I remember Clifford Orji, that supposed 'mad man' under the bridge in Costain Lagos killing people and eating them and selling off their parts to highly-placed Nigerians either for money rituals or other diabolical adventures; I remember this cannibal not as a hero but a murderous villain!

When Clifford the killer was caught human parts were discovered in his 'den' with personal effects of those who fell victim to his cannibalism and ritualism especially women. I think the courts declared him 'insane' to stand trial, whether he was feigning insanity to escape justice is another matter for conjecture. But many of his customers must have felt sad at his capture and exposure because the supply line was finally cut off saving more lives from being plucked away at their prime.

I remember the late Eddy Nawgu in Anambra State who was killed by the Bakasi boys. Eddy Nawgu who had high-profile clients from north and south and east was a specialist 'god' who did all sorts of evil to give protection to big men or make blood money for them through ritual killings. Stories were told about how little children disappeared in his neighbourhood only to be traced to his evil shrine. In one particular gruesome episode he was reported to have pounded a few weeks old baby in a mortar! A reverend father in the village was forced to confront him but he stood his ground; the ordained priest left after he discovered that dreadlock-wearing Eddy was satan incarnate but not without cursing him. When his cup of evil got filled to the brim the youths under the aegis of Bakasi Boys eliminated him by using cutlass to butcher him in his fortress! Good riddance!

A true story was told about a young man frustrated in life in the city who thought that money ritual was the solution. He was asked to bring forth his mother for him to be richer than the Dangotes and Igbinedions. The boy went home to the village and hoodwinked his innocent mother into believing that she would be escorting him to his future wife's house in another town to get acquainted with the girl. As they arrived the ritual doctor's abode the evil man's wife had had a little baby few months past. As mother and child waited for the marabout to ask them in late in the night the newly-born child was crying without ceasing! And the woman visitor showed motherly compassion by carrying the baby and as soon as the baby was caressed by her in her arms she stopped crying but as soon as she gave the little baby girl to her mother weeping set in again and again. This continued for hours on end.

As this unusual scenario was playing itself out in a bizarre fashion the father of the crying baby, the local ritual priest was consulting his gods to know if the woman was good enough for sacrifice. When he came out of his house of horror he announced to the boy whose appetite for richness had been wet that his oracle was against using her mother for rituals citing the spirit of the little crying girl as reason. He warned the boy to go home with her mother and never to try using her blood for anything of such nature.

As mother and son were going home after a failed mission with the poor mother (saved by the spirit of innocence behind the baby girl) asking after the young bridegroom whom they had come to see the boy suddenly became mad on the way confessing his sins and running away after tearing into pieces his clothes; he was never to be seen again!

That reminds one of the Otokoto ritual killing episode in Owerri Imo State few years ago. The big men who were implicated in the horrendous story of human killings were not touched but the few field executioners were lined up and summarily executed, Obidiozor and co. Only God knows how many Nigerians must have met their gory deaths in the hands of politicians on ritual prowl as elections draw closer.

Like Orji Emeka Ezeugo (Reverend King) now in jail for arson and murder was busy in his so-called church committing fornication and adultery. In his trial that was widely publicised  a lady witness told the court how Rev. King was playing God in his church making rules and laws that were out of tune with modern christian doctrines. One of the witnesses who testified against him narrated how day after day she administered MouthAction on King and serve him food Unclad!

Now that he is cooling his heels in Kirikiri maximum prison in Lagos I believe he must have had ample time and opportunity to reflect on his actions while in 'power'. The prison experience may reform him and he may undergo the Saul-Paul Damascus transformation. His follies while living in his 'paradise' must have been a heavy moral burden as he serves his long term in jail. A decent society does not need the services of people like him and Orji who inflict the basest of bestiality on their subjects or victims.

Today I believe out there in the jungle that is Lagos and elsewhere in our country where all things in their oddity happen daily a whole lot of Rev. Kings and Clifford Orjis still stalk the land. But the solace we can take is that there's a Higher Master up there monitoring our every move and at the fullest of time what was done in hiding and in secret places will be proclaimed from roof tops. That is beside final judgement that awaits everything that has breath.

Posted: at 14-04-2012 08:14 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- ozobig at 14-04-2012 08:15 AM (13 years ago)
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Remembering Clifford Orji, the cannibal of Costain.
I remember Clifford Orji, that supposed 'mad man' under the bridge in Costain Lagos killing people and eating them and selling off their parts to highly-placed Nigerians either for money rituals or other diabolical adventures; I remember this cannibal not as a hero but a murderous villain!

When Clifford the killer was caught human parts were discovered in his 'den' with personal effects of those who fell victim to his cannibalism and ritualism especially women. I think the courts declared him 'insane' to stand trial, whether he was feigning insanity to escape justice is another matter for conjecture. But many of his customers must have felt sad at his capture and exposure because the supply line was finally cut off saving more lives from being plucked away at their prime.

I remember the late Eddy Nawgu in Anambra State who was killed by the Bakasi boys. Eddy Nawgu who had high-profile clients from north and south and east was a specialist 'god' who did all sorts of evil to give protection to big men or make blood money for them through ritual killings. Stories were told about how little children disappeared in his neighbourhood only to be traced to his evil shrine. In one particular gruesome episode he was reported to have pounded a few weeks old baby in a mortar! A reverend father in the village was forced to confront him but he stood his ground; the ordained priest left after he discovered that dreadlock-wearing Eddy was satan incarnate but not without cursing him. When his cup of evil got filled to the brim the youths under the aegis of Bakasi Boys eliminated him by using cutlass to butcher him in his fortress! Good riddance!

A true story was told about a young man frustrated in life in the city who thought that money ritual was the solution. He was asked to bring forth his mother for him to be richer than the Dangotes and Igbinedions. The boy went home to the village and hoodwinked his innocent mother into believing that she would be escorting him to his future wife's house in another town to get acquainted with the girl. As they arrived the ritual doctor's abode the evil man's wife had had a little baby few months past. As mother and child waited for the marabout to ask them in late in the night the newly-born child was crying without ceasing! And the woman visitor showed motherly compassion by carrying the baby and as soon as the baby was caressed by her in her arms she stopped crying but as soon as she gave the little baby girl to her mother weeping set in again and again. This continued for hours on end.

As this unusual scenario was playing itself out in a bizarre fashion the father of the crying baby, the local ritual priest was consulting his gods to know if the woman was good enough for sacrifice. When he came out of his house of horror he announced to the boy whose appetite for richness had been wet that his oracle was against using her mother for rituals citing the spirit of the little crying girl as reason. He warned the boy to go home with her mother and never to try using her blood for anything of such nature.

As mother and son were going home after a failed mission with the poor mother (saved by the spirit of innocence behind the baby girl) asking after the young bridegroom whom they had come to see the boy suddenly became mad on the way confessing his sins and running away after tearing into pieces his clothes; he was never to be seen again!

That reminds one of the Otokoto ritual killing episode in Owerri Imo State few years ago. The big men who were implicated in the horrendous story of human killings were not touched but the few field executioners were lined up and summarily executed, Obidiozor and co. Only God knows how many Nigerians must have met their gory deaths in the hands of politicians on ritual prowl as elections draw closer.

Like Orji Emeka Ezeugo (Reverend King) now in jail for arson and murder was busy in his so-called church committing fornication and adultery. In his trial that was widely publicised  a lady witness told the court how Rev. King was playing God in his church making rules and laws that were out of tune with modern christian doctrines. One of the witnesses who testified against him narrated how day after day she administered MouthAction on King and serve him food Unclad!

Now that he is cooling his heels in Kirikiri maximum prison in Lagos I believe he must have had ample time and opportunity to reflect on his actions while in 'power'. The prison experience may reform him and he may undergo the Saul-Paul Damascus transformation. His follies while living in his 'paradise' must have been a heavy moral burden as he serves his long term in jail. A decent society does not need the services of people like him and Orji who inflict the basest of bestiality on their subjects or victims.

Today I believe out there in the jungle that is Lagos and elsewhere in our country where all things in their oddity happen daily a whole lot of Rev. Kings and Clifford Orjis still stalk the land. But the solace we can take is that there's a Higher Master up there monitoring our every move and at the fullest of time what was done in hiding and in secret places will be proclaimed from roof tops. That is beside final judgement that awaits everything that has breath.

Posted: at 14-04-2012 08:15 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Factfinder2012 at 14-04-2012 12:58 PM (13 years ago)
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May God help him.
Posted: at 14-04-2012 12:58 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- proly at 14-04-2012 01:15 PM (13 years ago)
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he is nt mad,,,,,,,,,,,,,is planed deal
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- Treasure2 at 14-04-2012 01:24 PM (13 years ago)
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Reading
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