Clifford orji biography
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Clifford orji biography
Clifford Orji
Nigerian accused murderer and cannibal
Clifford Nwa Orji (1965 or 1966 – August 17, 2012)[1] was a Nigerian alleged cannibal. He was also indicted in serial killings, kidnappings, and sale of human body parts.[2] Orji was arrested in 1999 and died in Nigeria's only super-maximum penitentiary, where he spent 13 years without being tried.[1]
Biography
He was initially a razor-blade merchant but later proclaimed himself a shaman, a "native doctor Chinneyelu".[2] He lived under a highway bridge in Oshodi-Isolo, reportedly pretending to be mentally ill.[3][4][5]
Arrest and confession
Orji was arrested on February 3, 1999, after a missing woman was discovered near death at his home under the bridge.
Fresh and cooked human body parts and human skulls were also discovered. He was arraigned at a Magistrate court in Ebute-Meta.[6] After his arrest, a thorough search of his hideout was