June 28, 2022 9:45 AM
Although Samuel was about two years younger than Abel, they both had a similar vision of their future. They were practically inseparable. Moreover, they hailed from the same state; so, they were called Enugu boys.Amy Nwoku, a medical doctor who interned with Abel and Samuel at UNTH, described the duo as best of friends who always walked and ate together.
“When we weren’t working, they were together. Samuel had a car. You would always see them together in it. I never saw them fight.”After their internship, Abel was posted to Igboho — a rural agrarian community in Oyo state, located in the Yoruba-speaking south-west geopolitical zone — for the National Youth Service Corps scheme in 2020. As a corps member at the general hospital in the remote community, he connected with the locals and other patients from neighbouring villages.
They recruited a few staff and operations commenced. Patients began to troop in and the two doctors would attend to them from morning till dusk. It became one of the busiest hospitals in town. They had to request a nearby building to extend their operations and serve more locals.Igboho is not just a sleepy town mostly populated by petty farmers; it lies in the stilly hinterland of Oyo, one of the states ravaged by Lassa fever, an endemic disease in Nigeria and some West-African countries.
As of June 2022, the NCDC said 5,009 suspected cases have been recorded, while 155 people have died from the disease in 2022 – the highest number of deaths recorded in four years. With that, Abel could not just sit in total silence while the government was diverting all resources and attention to the “new global disease”, while the home-grown malady that bludgeoned Victor, his classmate, to death was hanging loosely on his head.
When the news of the demise of the two young doctors hit town, their families were devastated and colleagues were inconsolable. Abel was 32, and Samuel was 30. To many, it was a deep mystery. “I’m coming to buy a car by May, Insha Allah, Lexus or spider,” Declan showed this reporter their last Whatsapp conversation. The next time he would hear about Abel was his shocking death.
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nmanigeria femigbaja HouseNGR Fmohnigeria WHONigeria DrEOEhanire ProfOsinbajo GarShehu Abel is Able!!! Abel is my brother. Nigeria failed you. Continue to rest in peace nwanne mm.
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As a teenager, Abel Obetta had big dreams. Following his father’s death, he knew life would never be the same again. So, the feeling of uncertainty grew. Growing up in a poor family where he was the first of three children, he started caring for his siblings at a very young age.
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