Man declared dead wakes up in Delta mortuary

A 25-year-old man declared dead after a motorbike crash in Delta State has reportedly woken up in a mortuary hours later and asked for a cigarette.

A 25-year-old man, identified only as Akpos, has reportedly woken up inside a mortuary in Evwreni, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, hours after he was declared dead following a motorbike accident.

As reported by Linda Ikeji’s Blog, the man crashed on Friday night while heading home. He was presumed dead and deposited in a mortuary, reportedly without his wife’s knowledge, and he stirred awake on Saturday morning after about seven hours.

Videos circulating on social media show him disoriented at first, before he reportedly asked for a cigarette. Residents celebrated what they described as a “raw miracle”, sprinkling white powder and sharing puff puff snacks.

Local accounts said attendants had not begun embalming him before he woke. He was later reportedly taken to a hospital for medical evaluation.

Yet the incident has raised questions. A doctor dismissed the case as impossible for real physicians and blamed quacks. Others criticised the failure to take accident victims to hospital before they are declared dead.

So far, no official statement has been issued on the incident.