Help! PhD student battling kidney disease cries to Nigerians

A PhD student with the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Mr Oluwaseun Adegbola, has cried out to Nigerians for help to save him from kidney failure.

Adegbola in a letter to City Round, titled “Letter soliciting support for kidney transplant,” noted that he was diagnosed with developed chronic kidney disease in 2020, adding that he had been battling the illness since then.

The father of three who was initially managed by the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, was later transferred to the Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja, where a possible transplant will take place.

Speaking to his wife, Titilope, who fought back tears as she spoke, said things had been difficult for them following her husband’s condition.

Her husband, who was a lesson teacher and part-time lecturer, was forced to quit his job to fight for life.

She said, “He was in the final year of his PhD programme. It was because of the ASUU strike, he was supposed to have defended this project. He was doing some home lessons for IJMB students and he used to lecture part-time which he has not been able to do again.

“Things have not been easy. It was like a shock for us when they told us that he would need a transplant. I almost fainted. My husband was healthy and didn’t live a rancorous lifestyle. Punch