By Ayodele Abere
A 15 years old accident victim who suffered a head injury is calling for help, urging members of the public to help him with funds to enable him carry out a brain surgery without which his survival will be hampered and life cut short if unattended to on time.
The teenage young boy known as Tunde Musibau, a student of Egirioke High School, Iyin Ekiti was said to be coming from school on 26th of November 2023. Tired of walking, he waved down a hilux mini truck vehicle to help him get home quickly.
Report however has it that tragedy struck when the young Tunde fell off the fast moving car and hit his head on the tarred road with his hands and legs broken as well.
He was rushed to the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti, where he was admitted on emergency. Tunde’s condition grew worse as he is suffering serious pain in the affected parts of his body.
Tunde was revived through the use of oxygen for breathing which he’s still using as at the time of filing this report. The young Tunde is not only currently going through physical pains but the head injury has almost affected his brain and a brain surgery is urgently needed. Otherwise, he will be permanently retarded or lose his life completely.
Tunde’s father, Mr Musibau Kareem who was visibly distraught when our correspondent visited the victim at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, explained that he has exhausted all his resources since the accident occured, thereby finding it very difficult to buy the prescribed drugs for his son to recover from his own pains.
The father maintained that Tunde’s condition made him to sell his land since he couldn’t afford to watch his son suffering in pains but now, the medical bills kept piling up and becoming unaffordable for him to offset.
Mr. Musibau said the traditional ruler of Iyin-Ekiti, Oba Ajakaiye had earlier given him fifty thousand naira and that Egirioke High School where the boy attends has also sent some amount of money which he said have all been spent on drugs and tests which were quite expensive.
Stressing further, he said Tunde has been depending on oxygen for breathing ever since he was admitted. The situation which he stated has made him to exhaust all possible means of getting money to pay for the surgery.
He said letters were written to Governor Oyebanji, His wife and even Honourable Israel Adesokan, adding that up till now, he has not received any message from them.
“We went to the office of the First Lady to solicit her help and support but we were discouraged and stopped going there when her aides told us that “we would never get any help from her”. As for Honourable Israel Adesokan, he told us the window of help has closed for the year”, Musibau narrated this in tears.
Mr. Tunde Musibau, a carpenter said since he sold his land and has spent every Kobo, he founds it difficult to even buy the least of the drugs, let alone the money for the brain surgery.
“Tunde was even referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Owo but lack of funds didn’t allow us to move him down for further treatment. I have been going on the streets begging, sometimes people give us 1000 or at most 3000 which we still has always been spending on buying drugs. I can’t bear looking at him in his present condition”.
“I am begging and appealing to Ekiti people and Nigerians at large to help my son. I don’t want him to die. The doctors said if the surgery is not done as soon as possible that, we may lose him. I have done everything within my power but his condition is getting worse daily. I don’t want Tunde to die. Nigerians should help save my son”, the father appealed.
