‘I Almost Committed Suicide After My Son Died’ – Nollywood Actor, Mr Ibu

Comic Nollywood actor, Mr Ibu has revealed the personal struggles he went through after he lost his 2-year-old son five years ago.
According to him, it was due to the negligence of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and he was devastated that after his son’s death, the doctor walked up to him to ask if his son’s corpse could be used for praticals.
The actor, in an interview with Punch, narrated the sad incident.
He said, “The matter was actually between the Paediatric Department of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital and me. It was in 2011. On January 18, 2011, my 2-year-old son fell ill. He was diagnosed with inflammation of the liver.
“The hospital suggested that he should be scanned. At the same time, I was informed that I could take my son out of the hospital to get the scan done elsewhere. But the same people later declined, saying that everything had to be done in the hospital because he was too weak to be taken outside.”
“After a while, I was told that there was no electricity in the hospital. When I asked if there was no standby generator, they said there was no fuel in it.
“I offered to pay for fuel only to be told that the man that operated the generator was not around.