[2] Orji was arrested in 1999 and died in Nigeria's only super-maximum penitentiary, where he spent 13 years without being tried.
[6] After his arrest, a thorough search of his hideout was made, which also revealed female underwear,[1][4] a cheque for ₦80,000, and a mobile phone, at a time when the G.S.M.
[2] At a news conference organized by the police, Orji confessed to kidnapping, murder and cannibalism, saying that he and his accomplice "[had] been eating human meat for the past seven years before coming to Lagos.
[7] In April 2012, after approximately 12 years in prison without his case coming to trial, Orji sued the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, for unlawful imprisonment.
[7] Prison authorities stated that they had been unable to have him treated for mental illness, which had progressed and he could not be tried when insane.