- Adetoun Onajobi shares the challenges she faced after her father’s death in an interview with Chude Jideonwo.
- According to Adetoun, hospitals and mortuaries refuse to accept her father’s corpse, citing concerns related to his affiliation with the Ogboni Fraternity.
- Adetoun narrates how no hospital or mortuary would accept her father’s body, compelling the family to bring him back home.
- Despite her father’s Methodist background, the family keeps the body’s presence at home confidential due to the sensitive nature of the situation and fear of potential robbery attempts.
In an interview with popular Nigerian journalist Chude Jideonwo, activist Adetoun Onajobi shared the harrowing ordeal she faced following the death of her father, revealing the challenges encountered in securing a resting place for his corpse.
Adetoun recounted the difficulties, including rejections by hospitals and mortuaries, linked to her father’s affiliation with the Ogboni Fraternity.
Adetoun’s narrative began with the traumatic memory of an armed robbery at their home, during which her father narrowly escaped.
However, the complications arose not from the criminal incident but from the aftermath of his passing.
Hospitals, citing concerns about potential conflicts arising from his membership in the Ogboni Fraternity, refused to accept her father’s body.
“When he died, the hospital refused to accept his body, citing worries about potential conflicts deriving from his membership in the Ogboni Fraternity. No mortuary or hospital could take him because he was a lodge member. The only thing we could do was bring him back home,” Adetoun said during the interview.
Despite the challenges, Adetoun persisted, and her father’s body was eventually placed in his own bedroom.
The activist also mentioned the involvement of the Methodist community, acknowledging her father’s Methodist roots.
However, due to the sensitive nature of the situation, the family chose not to disclose the presence of the body in the house, fearing potential robbery attempts.