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much for me to carry, two of my sisters-in-law were with my wife, but after one took ill, she had to go home.
“For three months, she could not walk, we have to assist her to do everything, like a baby, even to feed her.
“I am appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to come to our aid. We are two here but the other person has received some support from government and they did not come to us. I don’t know why they left us out, maybe they did not see us as Nigerians.
If the president’s wife can send N1.5m to the next bomb blast victim for treatment, then what is wrong with my wife’s case?
“I first mortgaged my car (a Murano SUV) to enable me assist my wife because we are asked to buy most of the drugs. After initially mortgaging the car, I had to sell it outright, at a give-away price, since I couldn’t pay back within the agreed period of time.
“Managing the children and coming here has not been easy for me. It is so hectic that even when I fall sick I can’t sit at home when my wife is at the hospital.
My plea is that government should return the money I have spent so far, about N2.5m on the treatment and feeding, get this skin grafting done and she will be free. You can imagine the trauma she is going through. In fact she doesn’t sleep every night.
They brought us here with the hope and promise that government will bear the cost but where is the government now.
“One Senior Assistant to the First Lady came here once and has not come back since then. Another person from NEMA who said the DG sent him also came and said he was asked to come and greet my wife , that is all.