AMB. GBENGA ASHIRU’s WIFE: “HOW MY HUSBAND BATTLED BRAIN TUMOUR FOR 13 MONTHS”

The widow of Ambassador Gbenga Ashiru, Kehinde at his funeral service in Lagos yesterday recounted how her late husband battled brain tumour for 13 months. The widow said her husband still lived for almost an hour after he was certified dead the first time. In her words, “I was crying repeatedly, shaking him continuously. But the cardiac monitor kept ringing, his spontaneous respiration stopped and the straight line persisted. There was no heartbeat, there was no pulse, and it was over. Is this really happening? Am I having a nightmare? I was hysterical and in utter disbelief.

 
“After two minutes, his heartbeat started again and his pulse and blood pressure re-appeared. What is happening? This was a miracle, he had come back to life and he had come back to me and the children. Thank God was all I could say, thank God for bringing him back. The ICU nurses were amazed. This had never happened before. They wondered how he could come back to life when the time of death had been written and no medication had been given to resuscitate him. They were baffled, but I wasn’t because I knew my God brought him back for a purpose.

 
“I had another chance to pray for him, to thank him for his love, to thank him for being a wonderful, loving husband and father and to appreciate him for being a generous provider to us. I had another chance to thank God for his life, for his achievements and to pray for a smooth passage to eternal glory. After almost an hour of prayer and songs of praise, life started ebbing again. The straight line appeared and the alarm came on, but this time it was final.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.