A nineteen-year-old student, Ikechukwu Oke, has been hospitalised in Ebonyi State after observing 41-day “dry fasting.”
As gathered by Tribune Online, Oke is currently undergoing treatment at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTHA), Abakaliki, the state capital.
Tribune Online gathered that Oke, who fends for himself, hawks sachet water otherwise known as pure water and sausage rolls in Onitsha, Anambra, after every academic term in the school calendar, to raise his school fees.
It was also gathered that after several complaints of hardship in the family and attempts to get assistance from government and private individuals failed, Oke embarked on 41-day praying and fasting to seek God’s intervention.
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The 19-year-old student was said to have collapsed at the weekend after the 41-day prayer and fasting he observed on a mountain in Abakaliki metropolis.
As gathered, Oke, who hails from Ohataekwe in Umuezeokaoha community, Ezza North Local Government area had sneaked to the mountain to commence the dry fasting on July 23, without informing his mother and elder brother, Obinna Oke, who lives with him in Ishieke.
According to information, some of his prayer colleagues, however, hurriedly carried him to the elder brother who consulted a patent medicine dealer who administered drip and some drugs in an attempt to revive him.
Also, it was said that his elder brother, Obinna Oke, who is a mechanic said nobody was aware of the Ikechukwu’s action, describing it as shocking and bizarre.
He noted that he wouldn’t have allowed his brother to embark on such a “suicidal mission.”
Tribune Online gathered that a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Peter Edeh, who was not satisfied with the treatment, mobilised people to take him to Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA) for proper medical attention.