Hundred and thirty unclaimed dead bodies have been buried at Felele Cemetery in Lokoja, Kogi State.
The deceased persons were said to be victims of accidents, robbers, and kidnappers deposited at the Federal Medical Center, Lokoja, for several months without families or relations claiming their corpses.
The General Manager of Kogi State Sanitation and Waste Management Board, Arokoyo Elizabeth, who disclosed this on Saturday, said that the dead bodies have stayed too long in the hospital.
Arokoyo stated this on Saturday while speaking during the mass burial of the deceased victims.
Represented by the Acting Secretary of the Board, Ajayi Olufemi, she said the dead bodies were brought to the mortuary by the Nigerian Police Force and Federal Road Safety Corps.
Ajayi claimed several announcements had been made via various media organisations for family members to claim the bodies, but no one responded.
“All the people evacuating and burying these bodies have been sanitised. Just like I said earlier, we have made several announcements on radio, television and other media about this unclaimed bodies. But, as I speak to you, nothing was heard from family members, relations, and friends of this corpses.
Most of these corpses are victims of accident, kidnappers, robbers which were brought by the police and road safety.
“So they have to be buried because they have been in the mortuary for a long time without any body coming for them,” she added.
