Lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor has reacted to the 8 December 2025 horrific discovery of massed corpses and mutilated human remains within a mortuary at Ngo-Okpala, Imo State.

In a statement, he said the proprietor of this house of horrors, now widely identified as Mr. Stanley Oparaugo (alias “Morocco”), a native of the same community, has since been thrust into grim national infamy.

He said the unspeakable crime resurrects, with painful clarity, the dark memory of the infamous “Otokoto Man” saga, another chapter of ritualistic depravity that once stained the moral fabric of the same Imo State.

"That history alone should have served as an eternal warning. Yet, here we are again, stunned, wounded, and asking how such an enterprise of death could flourish for years without detection, disruption, or decisive intervention," Ejiofor said.

"Nigeria is no stranger to bizarre and horrifying headlines. Still, this discovery has struck a deeper nerve. It is not merely the savagery of the acts alleged; it is the institutional silence, the intelligence failure, and the systemic blind spots that provoke outrage and demand answers."

Ejiofor, who once served as lawyer to jailed terrorist Nnamdi Kanu, wondered how such an establishment operated for so long.

"How could a slaughterhouse of human beings operate for such an extended period without notice?
Where were the intelligence agencies, the security architecture, and the regulatory authorities whose sacred duty is the preservation of life? Was there negligence, or worse, complicity, compromise, or collaboration?"

"These are not idle questions. Innocent, defenceless citizens were ostensibly abducted, murdered, and dismembered, their bodies reduced to commodities in a grotesque marketplace of blood and organs. If the principal suspect is now declared wanted, the question remains: is the net wide enough?

"Who patronised this trade of death?
Who financed it, protected it, promoted it, or profited from it?
Are the patrons shadowy businessmen, political actors, ritual merchants, or a convergence of all?
Has the investigative searchlight been courageously widened, or is it perilously fixed on a single fugitive scapegoat?

"For years, rumours and reports of human-part trafficking have trailed Imo State like a dark cloud. Too often, such crimes have been conveniently blamed on easily demonised groups, allowing the real architects and beneficiaries to escape scrutiny. Now that a named individual has been publicly indicted, we must ask: will justice stop at the gates of one mortuary, or will it pursue the entire syndicate behind this commerce of souls?"

He said the Imo State Government owes Nigerians more than rhetoric, adding that the investigation must be thorough, transparent, and publicly accountable. Its findings must not be buried in official drawers or sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. "The truth must be told, plainly and completely.

"Preliminary accounts suggest that accomplices remain within and beyond Owerri, embedded not only among civilians but possibly within security formations, government institutions, and regulatory agencies. This is not a discovery that can, or must, be swept under the carpet. Not now. Not ever.

"Ala Igbo must rise to this moment with moral courage and collective resolve. The sanctity of human life lies at the heart of Igbo cosmology and African humanity. To betray it is to wound our ancestral conscience.

"Eyewitness testimonies emerging from the initial days of discovery are chilling beyond words. Reports speak of scattered and mutilated corpses, numbering over one hundred, abandoned in grotesque silence. Preliminary findings further allege that the mortuary served as a dumping ground for victims of systematic organ harvesting.

"Horrifying. Unconscionable. Unacceptable.

"This is a moment of reckoning, for institutions, for leadership, and for conscience. The hour has come. The world is watching. History will remember," he concluded.