Obinna Anokwuru would have loved to celebrate his 35th birthday partying with family and friends on October 23, 2014, but the young man’s fate did not afford him such pleasure. In fact, only a few of his friends and family could wish him happy birthday: they seem not to have the emotional strength to wish him one.

In 2012 when Anokwuru was feeling unusually weak and dizzy, he had no idea of the pain ahead. Handsome and well-built, some of the female friends that once admired him had since stopped calling him. The feeling of love for him has now turned to that of sympathy – how emotions can quickly fade!

After proper diagnosis by medical experts, it was discovered that one of his kidneys had failed. And since then, the once smiles-beaming face of the bachelor has shrunk. Sitting down on a couch in his apartment with a protruded belly, it seems like his world is crashing right in his face. His business is gone already; and he is afraid his life may be gone also if he is unable to raise the fund for a kidney transplant in an Indian hospital.

The Edo State indigene told Saturday PUNCH, “Two years ago, I came home unusually feeling dizzy and weak. I thought it was malaria or probably fatigue. When it was getting worse, I went for a medical checkup and there I got the most unexpected news about me.

“Doctors said I had kidney failure. I was shedding tears because I knew what that meant. I was told to start dialysis, which has wiped away all my savings and other resources. If I fail to go for the dialysis, I feel severe pain in my body. This suffering is too much for me and I wish this cup will pass over me. This is not the kind of life I wished for.”

Since he barely had the strength to talk long, his sister, Mrs. Lorretta Udemba, said since his predicament began, friends and relatives had spent almost all their life savings to save her sibling. She added that his situation had become a nightmare to the family because “we are drained of all our resources.”

“Obinna’s medical condition was first detected in 2012, and he immediately started dialysis, which the family was able to sustain for some months. But we have not been able to continue with it due to financial constraints. Right now, his condition has deteriorated as you can see how helplessly he is sitting,” she said.

Udemba added that her brother used to go for dialysis twice a week to stay fit – each session costing N50,000. She also disclosed that every month since 2012 when the illness started, the family spends about N500,000: N400,000 for dialysis and N100,000 for drugs and other contingencies. This has caused the family to be financially strained.

But despite the dialysis, his condition is not getting any better, and doctors have advised that kidney transplant in an Indian hospital would be the way out of his predicament – at a cost of N8m ($48,000). Unfortunately, the family does not have the wherewithal to bear such cost.

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Born to the family of late Bright and Celine Anokwuru, Obinna’s father was once the national auditor of the Nigeria Labour Congress, where he served together with the current governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole.

“We urgently need the help of kind-hearted people to assist us with the cost of sending him abroad for the kidney transplant, which has been estimated at N8m, excluding the amount we will give to the kidney donor. We will not take any kind gesture for granted. Please come to our aid before my brother dies,” Udemba pleaded.

Obinna and his sister, Lorretta Udemba, could be reached on 08029002341, 08033026271, and 07033462302. His account details are also as follows: Name: Anokwuru Victor Obinna; Account numbers: GT BANK (0116983382) or ECOBANK (2951027692).

http://www.punchng.com/news/man-needs-n8m-for-kidney-transplant/


Anokwuru before the illness

God have mercy!!!

Obinna, ur kinsmen wld rather give their money to gej to buy ticket than to use it in order to save ur life. Ur pple na eye-service dem sabi pass; dem nor de help each other.
May God b with u!

Caseless:
Obinna, ur kinsmen wld rather give their money to gej to buy ticket than to use it in order to save ur life. Ur pple na eye-service dem sabi pass; dem nor de help each other.
May God b with u!

You old fool,his kinsmen owes him nothing and they have the absolute right to spend their money on whoever and whatever they deem necessary.

They are not like your feudal lords in the North, they are autonomous in nature and that's what makes them a free people unlike your slave asss that is tied to one Alhaji.

Caseless:
Obinna, ur kinsmen wld rather give their money to gej to buy ticket than to use it in order to save ur life. Ur pple na eye-service dem sabi pass; dem nor de help each other.
May God b with u!

Don't you think that is too early for this

Truckpusher:
You old fool,his kinsmen owes him nothing and they have the absolute right to spend their money on whoever and whatever they deem necessary.

They are not like your feudal lords in the North, they are autonomous in nature and that's what makes them a free people unlike your slave asss that is tied to one Alhaji.

u ponce, get it right-i'm a young man as ur 'hacky' azz. And to prove that idiosyncrasy in my post, u posited that none of his kinsman is owing him a dime. Must owe someone b4 u can help him/her? Poof, i'm not tied to any Alhaji, u are.

Caseless:
Obinna, ur kinsmen wld rather give their money to gej to buy ticket than to use it in order to save ur life. Ur pple na eye-service dem sabi pass; dem nor de help each other.
May God b with u!

Here comes the inhumanity of TAN and Powerful Igbo Lords, they rather give their money to endorse the political aspiration of a failed project called Jonathan.

oilykid:
Don't you think that is too early for this

there is no time too early to speak tha truth.

Caseless:
u ponce, get it right-i'm a young man as ur 'hacky' azz. And to prove that idiosyncrasy in my post, u posited that none of his kinsman is owing him a dime. Must owe someone b4 u can help him/her? Poof, i'm not tied to any Alhaji, u are.

Look at him barking like a rabid dog over a comment.

Your money is for you and you alone and whoever you wish to help should be strictly at your own discretion and no one should be coerced or forced to help anyone with his money under no circumstances. - Yes I said it.

If not for your Islamic background that teaches such warped ideology, why on earth would you even say they must help him? make you money and always remember there could be rainy days ahead and keep something around that you can easily fall back to and get yourself fixed if it is obvious that you need huge help that could take time to come by.

Once again, salam alaikum.

barcanista:
Here comes the inhumanity of TAN and Powerful Igbo Lords, they rather give their money to endorse the political aspiration of a failed project called Jonathan.

Both of you are old fools

Truckpusher:
Both of you are old fools

Boss this wasn't part of the agreement. Lol @ Old

barcanista:
Here comes the inhumanity of TAN and Powerful Igbo Lords, they rather give their money to endorse the political aspiration of a failed project called Jonathan.

can u 'imargin the margin'. If d gej they support had built standard hospital in SE, do u think the youngman wld have to spend that much to get d surgery done? I just cant understand those ppl and their support for gej.

barcanista:
Boss this wasn't part of the agreement. Lol @ Old

Good morning to you and caseless.

In fact, I'll follow both of you bumper to bumper - I'm in for a fight against both of you ,enough of your excesses on my dear President

Truckpusher:
Good morning to you and caseless.

In fact, I'll follow both of you bumper to bumper - I'm in for a fight against both of you ,enough of your excesses on my dear President

Goodmorning Sir, please stop fighting a lost battle. GEJ is a goner and a forgotten issue.

Truckpusher:
Look at him barking like a rabid dog over a comment.

Your money is for you and you alone and whoever you wish to help should be strictly at your own discretion and no one should be coerced or forced to help anyone with his money under no circumstances. - Yes I said it.

If not for your Islamic background that teaches such warped ideology, why on earth would you even say they must help him? make you money and always remember there could be rainy days ahead and keep something around that you can easily fall back to and get yourself fixed if it is obvious that you need huge help that could take time to come by.

Once again, salam alaikum.

ami-uwa-alaikum salam!
U ar not serious!

Caseless:
'imargine the margin'. If d gej they support had built standard hospital in SE, do u think the youngman wld have to spend that much to get d surgery done? I just cant understand those ppl and their support for gej.

Sharrap caseless.

Let's go and campaign for AfricanApple later we can go back to the battle field in politics section where I'll decimate you and your rank and file .

Caseless:
'imargine the margin'. If d gej they support had built standard hospital in SE, do u think the youngman wld have to spend that much to get d surgery done? I just cant understand those ppl and their support for gej.

That is to tell you that their elite don't give a damn about the masses, sadly, the masses still follow the elites that doesnt care about them

Caseless:
ami-uwa-alaikum salam!
U ar not serious!

Of course I'm not serious ,If I was serious I'd be in the hospital.

barcanista:
Boss this wasn't part of the agreement. Lol @ Old

u de mind am...

barcanista:
Goodmorning Sir, please stop fighting a lost battle. GEJ is a goner and a forgotten issue.

Morning brother.No lost battle here.
When GEJ finally wins I'll invite you and caseless to dinner where I'll pick out your eyes with my fork for not seeing properly before supporting a jan.jaweed party

barcanista:
That is to tell you that their elite don't give a damn about the masses, sadly, the masses still follow the elites that doesnt care about them

the same they might hav as leaders if biafra(dead agitation) comes thru.

Caseless:
u de mind am...

Truckpusher sniffed cocaine this morning

Truckpusher:
Good morning to you and caseless.

In fact, I'll follow both of you bumper to bumper - I'm in for a fight against both of you ,enough of your excesses on my dear President

na u go taya ooo; u cant win d fight sha. D namby-pamby(ur paymaster ) is goin out next year.

Truckpusher:
Morning brother.No lost battle here.
When GEJ finally wins I'll invite you and caseless to dinner where I'll pick out your eyes with my fork for not seeing properly before supporting a jan.jaweed party

Is it that Jonathanians and PDP usually kills opposition? Is that why PDP is killing poor and helpless Nigerians in the NE?

barcanista:
Truckpusher sniffed cocaine this morning

Na only cocaine?

Na cocaine plus - You think say I be Tinubu the jan.jaweed party pioneer ?

Truckpusher:
Na only cocaine?

Na cocaine plus - You think say I be Tinubu the jan.jaweed party pioneer ?

If only NDLEA is equal to the task

Truckpusher:
Sharrap caseless.

Let's go and campaign for AfricanApple later we can go back to the battle field in politics section where I'll decimate you and your rank and file .

yeah, let's go! AP must win o. When we come back, i can then put ur bighead to d grinding stone proper.

Caseless:
can u 'imargin the margin'. If d gej they support had built standard hospital in SE, do u think the youngman wld have to spend that much to get d surgery done? I just cant understand those ppl and their support for gej.

I thought our state governors constitutionally RESPONSIBLE for providing adequate number of clinics and General hospitals that are properly equipped & staffed such that early diagnosis & prompt treatment is possible.
Is that not so

barcanista:
Is it that Jonathanians and PDP usually kills opposition? Is that why PDP is killing poor and helpless Nigerians in the NE?

*in gej's voice on that animation* Tamuno!!!

Truckpusher:
Morning brother.No lost battle here.
When GEJ finally wins I'll invite you and caseless to dinner where I'll pick out your eyes with my fork for not seeing properly before supporting a jan.jaweed party

jesus!!

barcanista:
Truckpusher sniffed cocaine this morning

i knw hin work.
Ehen, barca, make u go that miss nairaland thread and support africanapple pls.