15/02/2026
SAVING A SOUL
Today at around 9:30, immediately I entered the church for Sunday service,I turned on my data and login to my Whatsapp,I saw a post with a picture of a boy named Emmanuel,a 100level student from the department of Water Resources, Aquaculture and Fisheries Technology (WAFT),which happens to be the department I graduated from last year.Emannuel is a sickle cell,he was dying and needed two packs of blood from someone with A+ or O+ blood group,I felt broken immediately I saw his picture,this boy is innocent,his parents made the mistake already,but his suffering from this.
I message his younger brother who has been looking for a donor for the past few days,and he told me Emmanuel might die in the next few hours if he doesn't get the blood,I told him after service I will come over and donate.I wasn't comfortable with this decision,I immediately left for the hospital and told a member to help pass the information to my church secretary.
Luckily for us another blood donor came from Gidan Kwana our school permanent site immediately he heard the story from a sister of his,we donated the blood and Alhamdulilah Emmanuel is stable as we speak🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿.
I ask his brother to call his mum that I wanted to speak with her,she is indeed a good woman and reasonable,I told her to please look for transfer for these boys to be schooling close to home at Kaduna where they live.She prayed for me and wanted to give us money,I told her we didn't do this for money but for HUMANITY.she even asked me to ask people I know if Kaduna State University offers courses the children are currently studying in Minna
Today I learnt a lesson,that we should be grateful and always try to help people regardless of their cultural background, religion.The second donor his a Muslim but donated his blood,I wish all Nigerians can be like him, let's love each other and try to help regardless of our differences.Lucky Dube the legend said in his song,"we are different colours but one people".If I had stayed till we finish service and went to the hospital and find out that boy lost his life,I will never forgive myself,if claim you are a Christian and you can't save a person you don't even know