Oyo State Government issues a seven-day deadline for families and next of kin to claim unidentified or unclaimed bodies stored in public hospital mortuaries across the state. The government warns that if the remains are not identified and claimed within the period, they will be handled through a mass burial arrangement.
Both reports describe the same notice, emphasizing the need for relatives to come forward to identify the bodies. The deadline applies to bodies described as unidentified and unclaimed, currently deposited in mortuaries, and the state government frames the directive as an effort to resolve the backlog of unclaimed remains.
The coverage also indicates that the government is taking administrative steps to ensure final burial arrangements for those who remain unclaimed after the seven days. Relatives are urged to follow the state’s process for claiming bodies during the ultimatum window to avoid the planned mass burial.
