The Imo state government has demolished Jessy Best Hotel and Ugwudi Cottage Hospital’s mortuary along Owerri-Aba road in Ngor Okpala LGA, over alleged organ harvesting.
The state had sealed the morgue after discovering decomposed and mutilated corpses in unhygienic conditions, raising suspicions of illegal organ harvesting activities.
Aboki Danjuma, state commissioner of police, told journalists that the demolitions were carried out on the orders of Hope Uzodimma, governor of the state.
Danjuma said the owner of the property, Stanley Oparaugo, popularly known as ‘Morocco’, is now wanted after ignoring multiple police invitations.
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He said intelligence reports showed the properties were hubs for criminal activity.
“The mortuary was suspected to be a site for organ harvesting, as many of the bodies recovered were mutilated,” he said.
“Oparaugo can run, but he cannot hide for long. The law will catch up with him.”
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The CP also urged residents to provide information that could lead to the suspect’s arrest and assured travelers on the Owerri-Aba expressway of “safe trips and tight security” during the yuletide season.
The enforcement operation also had two luxury homes, a bungalow and a duplex, and a smaller apartment in the Ngor community demolished.
These properties were allegedly used as a shrine, with fetish items discovered and burnt during the demolition.
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