Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Okorodudu, a former boxer from Nigeria, passed away on Wednesday night in a private hospital in Lawandon, Lagos, following weeks of bed rest due to a foot ulcer.
The ANAEDOONLINE received confirmation of Okorodudu’s passing from his wife, Adenike.
Adenike claimed that the hospital would not release her husband’s body until the unpaid N600,000 medical bill was settled.
“He is now dead, but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital,” Adenike said to The ANAEDOONLINE.
His age was 64.
The ANAEDOONLINE reported last week that the Olympian was feeling better following several transfers from different hospitals, mainly due to lack of funds, before he was brought to the Lawanson hospital.
Secretary-General, Nigeria Boxing Board of Control and the President, West Africa Boxing Union, Remi Aboderin, also confirmed that the Olympian had passed away.
“It is true about his death. I just confirmed it after you called me and I reached out to some colleagues,” Aboderin told The ANAEDOONLINE.
“It is unfortunate that he died this way, and I am actually lost for words. May his soul rest in peace,” he said.
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The Vice President, Nigeria Boxing Federation, Azania Omo-Agege, told The ANAEDOONLINE that he sent his wife some money on Tuesday for the hospital bills of the former boxer.
“I just sent them money yesterday (Tuesday). I sent them N100,000 and we were planning for the amputation (of his leg) on Friday, this is very sad,” he said.
Okorodudu represented Nigeria at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, where he competed in the middleweight category.
He was a gold medallist at the Oluyole 1979 National Sports Festival in Ibadan.
His medical predicament began in 2020 with a boil affliction that affected his mobility. He then had a successful surgery at Dans Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos.
But his health condition relapsed after he was diagnosed with foot ulcer and suffered a stroke.
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