Jerry Amilo, a veteran Nigerian actor, has described how he ‘died and resurrected’ after three days in the mortuary following a tragic traffic accident in 1998.
Jerry Amilo, an actor, reveals how he ‘died and resurrected’ after three nights in a morgue.
Discussing his fatal accident during an interview with BBC Igbo, he stated that he was driving back to Lagos from Ibadan with his lawyer, late Dlo, when his front tire abruptly spun off the wheel.
According to Amilo, the police confirmed that everyone in the truck died, and he was told that his body began shaking after three days at the mortuary.
He said, “It’s a testimony. It’s true that I was no more and returned after three nights in the mortuary. I was involved in a terrible accident. We all died. That same day the accident happened was the 30th of May, 1998.
“It was the day I had won the ‘Best Action Actor’ category of an award on its debut. I had gone to see my brother in Ibadan for business. I was returning with my lawyer. I was driving and suddenly saw my front tire ahead of me.
“The front tire removed. I turned to Dịlo, my lawyer, to ask if he was seeing what I was seeing. I couldn’t finish the words. We all died. That was all I could remember. The vehicle somersaulted, over 16 times, as I was later told.
“From accounts, I was told that a trailer driver was returning to Lagos from an offload point in Ibadan. He was returning to Lagos when he witnessed the accident. He got to the toll gate to report to the police. It was at 7 pm.
“The police got there and found us all dead. They took our corpses to the police station. They took inventory. Those who resumed the next morning took us to the morgue where there hadn’t been a power supply for three weeks.
“It’s a hospital morgue for accident victims. It was full. Most bodies start decaying before being claimed. Three days later, it seemed as though my body was twitching. The attendant had been with my body but it didn’t decay a bit.”
