The body of a Nigerian Olympian has been seized by a hospital due to an unpaid N600,000 medical bill

Okorodudu died at the age of 64 after his health condition deteriorated following a diagnosis of a foot ulcer and a stroke. A Lagos-based hospital has confiscated the body of Jeremiah 'Jerry' Okorodudu, a former Nigerian boxer, over an unpaid N600,000 medical bill. Okorodudu died on Wednesday night at a private hospital in Lawandon, Lagos, after battling a foot ulcer that had kept him bedridden for weeks. Okorodudu died at the age of 64 after his health condition deteriorated following a diagnosis of a foot ulcer and a stroke.Confirming the news, Okorodudu’s wife, Adenike, told the Punch that the hospital refused to release her husband's body until the unpaid medical cost of N600,000 was paid.According to her, “He is dead now, but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital.