“Nothing is Working in Naija” – Man Loses Wife as NEPA Takes Light During Surgery, No Fuel in Hospital Generator

A Nigerian man, identified as UB Shehu on Facebook, has shared how he lost his wife due to a power failure during her surgery.

He revealed the name of the hospital and detailed the events that followed the outage.

On his Facebook page, Shehu posted a series of updates about the incident, which took place at Jummai Babangida Aliyu General Hospital.

His Facebook posts read:

“Inna lillahi wa Inna lillahi rajiun.Kasaa. I just lost my wife. 35minutes into My wife’s operation, NEPA took light , and no fuel in the theater Gen, at jummai babangida aliyu General hospital. Minutes later, they brought the fuel after pouring it in the Gen, it has refused to start, they had to look for mechanic, My wife was still inside the theater.

“One of the nurses told me that i should not worry operation has continued even without light, they had alternative(lamp or touch light)as usual. Mechanic had arrived but there are things he had to go and buy at ogbomosho area in Minna, My wife was still inside theater

“An hour later power was restored, the mechanic was still on the Gen, so operation continued. Operation that wasn’t going to last for 90minutes had taken from minutes 4pm to mnts 7pm. I had waited for 11hours (8:44am minutes to 7pm) outside theater, optimistically prayering for a successful operation. Sight at my wife was a very devastating experience more devastating our ( my mum and I ) experience inside the word.

“My elder Brother has ordered me to stop posting and I have no choice than to obey, if not the remaining story is more disheartning. May we all meet in Janna firdaus.”