Agony Of A Father Who Lost His Son In His Prime And Hospital Insists On Paying A Million To Retrieve corpse
Taoreed Adewale Ajenifuja, middle age father to Abdubakre Ayoade Ajenifuja prayed his children would succeed him when he’s aged and gone to rest. Unknown to him that his son, Abdulkadre would not be an answer to such prayer. His beloved son was a victim of cruel grip of death in his prime.
Many sympatised and registered their condolences, the pain refuses to leave but bitting harder in a bitter way. Reason: AYINKE HOUSE(LASUTH IKEJA) in which his son’s corpse was deposited he must pay a million naira before taking the corpse and lay to rest.
Ajenifuja, a professional printer at Somolu area of Lagos State, Nigeria, unveils his pain to Mega Media and seeks well-meaning Nigerians, Governor of Lagos State, H E, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s intervention.
According to him, “My son, Abdubakre Ayoade Ajenifuja was invited out from the house where he lived with my father (his own grandfather) in Ikorodu around 9 am sometimes in July, 2023 by one Samuel Adetola Diya who lives in that neigbourhood. Later that day, I was called upon that my son was involved in an Okada accident and was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital. When I got to the hospital, I saw him tied to the bed; both hands and legs, separate apart; as he was restless on the bed in excruciating pain (I have the video of him) he wasn’t in a state to say anything to anybody but he was later transferred to AYINKE HOUSE(LASUTH IKEJA). Getting there, I was asked to deposit N300,000 for the commencement of his treatment. I ran helter-skelter to raise the money to save my son but to cut a long story short the boy died and the Hospital demanded that I pay a balance of N550,000 which includes mortuary fees before I can take him out for burial.
“I couldn’t raise the money in my mood of mourning and this dragged on for some months. The Hospital and mortuary bill kept increasing to over N1m (One Million Naira) I later struggled through the streets of Lagos even to my enemies to raise N600,000 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira) and I pleaded with AYINKE HOUSE to take what I could raise but they refused, saying I must pay to the last kobo even as the bill keeps increasing with N3,000 mortuary fees every day, During this traumatic experience, I accused and arrested Samuel Adetola Diya who took my son out where he met the cause of his untimely death, which we are yet to unravel but the police released him in a jiffy, leaving me with my agony.” Ajenifuja appealed to all Nigerians to intervene in this matter so he can lay the unfortunate event and his son to rest”
