Clifford Orji
Clifford Nwa Orji was a Nigerian man, who was a cannibal. He was also indicted for serial killings, kidnappings, and the sale of human body parts. Orji was arrested in 1999 and died in Nigeria's only super-maximum security prison, where he spent 13 years without trial.
Biography
He was initially a razor-blade merchant but later proclaimed himself a shaman, a "native doctor Chinneyelu". He lived under a highway bridge in Oshodi-Isolo, reportedly pretending to be mentally ill.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. After his arrest, a thorough search of his hideout was made, which also revealed female underwear, a cheque for ₦80,000, and a mobile phone, at a time when the G.S.M. had not been fully introduced to the Nigerian market, so only wealthy people had mobile phones. A man accused of being his accomplice in trading human body parts was also arrested.At a news conference organized by the police, Orji confessed to kidnapping, murder and cannibalism, saying that he and his accomplice " been eating human meat for the past seven years before coming to Lagos. It is our culture to eat human meat." On December 7, 2000, he was remanded for murder in Kirikiri Prison, which is Nigeria's only supermax prison.