A tense scene unfolded at a mortuary in Benin City, Edo State, after relatives of a deceased man accused the facility of releasing a body with vital organs allegedly missing, sparking outrage and a dramatic confrontation that was captured on video and widely shared online.
The footage, which has been trending on the social media platform X, shows an angry crowd gathered at the mortuary as family members raised alarm over what they described as disturbing discoveries made when they arrived to collect their loved one’s remains. According to the family, closer inspection revealed that parts of the body had been tampered with.
In the video, a woman who filmed the incident claimed that the deceased’s chest cavity had been emptied and stuffed with nylon, an allegation that quickly inflamed emotions at the facility. Speaking in Pidgin English, she was heard saying: *“Dead body wey we come carry nothing dey inside o. Nothing dey inside him chest; dey carry nylon full inside him belle,”* loosely translated as: “The body we came to collect has nothing inside. There is nothing in his chest; they filled his stomach with nylon.”
As tempers flared, a crowd reportedly descended on the mortuary, accusing staff of wrongdoing. Witnesses said several mortuary attendants were hurriedly loaded into a minivan and driven away from the premises amid loud boos. Onlookers were seen chasing the vehicle and hurling stones as it sped off, forcing a chaotic dispersal.
At the time of filing this report, the allegations had not been independently verified, and there was no official statement from the mortuary management or the Edo State authorities addressing the claims or the disturbance.
Watch the video:
Chaos erupted at a mortuary in Benin City, Edo State, after the family of a deceased man allegedly discovered that some of his organs were missing from his body pic.twitter.com/acfvTmsTHh
— Destkela (@KelechiUche10) December 13, 2025
