Hmmm. This article below is a reminder again. Do not outsource your role as a father.


EKWEREMADU: Between Fatherhood and Ambition

https://saharareporters.com/2022/07/07/ekweremadu-between-fatherhood-and-ambition-sunkanmi-vaughan

I recall having this conversation with my wife during the week when the case of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu came up and I was completely in an incandescent shock that this man actually has a sick daughter yet has been all over the place attending political meetings for his political ambition instead of taking time out from the highly demanding world of politics to sort out his daughter's pressing health needs.


He was all over the place during the PDP  primaries, he lost the PDP gubernatorial primaries for Enugu state then started planning to decamp to APGA, then APC , reportedly taken to APC national Chairman by HE Uzodinma, Imo state Governor, when APC stalwarts in Enugu APC, led by their state APC Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, outrightly rejected him. 

He eventually lost and , unlike previous election cycles, Senator Ekweremadu is not returning to the Nigerian Senate.He lost on all the political fronts.


Sen. Ike Ekweremadu was all over the place so much that it appeared like he did not follow through on the health and lifestyle choices of his children.


He did not follow through on what I believe is more important than his political ambition; the life of his daughter and a family at the low ebb of the apprehension of losing a child  to kidney failure.


Ike Ekeremadu was so consumed by his political ambition that he had no time and seriousness to do due diligence and background check on the character they got him as a donor for his daughter , I doubt if with his PhD, he even had the time to follow through and read up to ask the right questions from the professionals,  understand the risks and benefits of why it could be better for one member of his family of six to donate to the daughter instead of a stranger and seek help to find out if there are some of the tests which can be done on the stranger here in Nigeria before bundling a total stranger overseas. 


He was so consumed by politics that when the 22-year old donor went rogue and was allegedly scheming behind him to deny his age and report Ike and family to UK police, it probably escaped his detection and intervention soon enough so he can be the first to report to UK police and then return the donor to Nigeria for him to immediately restart the process of getting alternative donor(s) for his ailing daughter whose life was more important to him.


He forgot that he was first a father and husband before becoming a Senator,Deputy Senate President and SSG. 

He forgot that he will finish as a father and husband.


I compared Senator Ekweremadu to Joe Biden and I believe that he could have followed the Biden example. Then in 2015 , US Vice President Biden had a dying son and had the opportunity to contest in his party's primaries to emerge against Trump for the US Presidency but Biden stepped down from that race in order to support his dying son.


At a point, Biden was to sell his family house before Barack Obama intervened and offered to pay for the treatment. Biden's boy made his Dad promise him that no matter what happens, Biden must not give up his life long ambition to be US President, Biden's boy, Beau Biden later died. Biden grieved without the guilt of abandoning his son for his political ambition.


 In 2021, years after his son had passed on , Biden contested and won. There are many Nigerian politicians (and professionals) who will do like Biden but not like Ike.   


Family is so important that we even need the approval of a sick dying one before we place anything above their life


That is the lesson Ike missed and was almost about to lose from both ends as his wife who takes care of the daughter remains in prison until July 7 and now August 4.      


Last two Sundays ago was Father's Day , I really truly hope that fathers used that day to reflect and understand the real responsibility of fatherhood. It is the hardest job for a man but it gives the greatest reward if you do your best at it.


As a father , I have realized that it is not possible to outsource that role of a father and not pay heavy fines.  


May God heal that Ike Ekweremadu's daughter and may God help the Ike Ekweremadu family in this their difficult time. I know it is a difficult place for them. 

May God help all fathers to realise that "your child is your responsibility". 


That you pay all the bills and have a devoted and responsible wife/mother of your child won't still make up for your negligence. 


Your child is your responsibility and not even your ambition can replace what you will miss if you neglect your role in the life of your child. 


This a lesson to all fathers: Do not behave like Senator Ike Ekweremadu who was literally chasing rats around the house when his house was on fire.


May God help us all to succeed and may our children not develop kidney failure. May our labour of love and sacrifice be rewarded in our life time and when we are long gone, Amen.
Sunkanmi Vaughan is a Lagos-based Pharmacist and Author.

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Not surprised the guy is not a minor.
Nevertheless they still have serious charges to answer to under UK laws.

Lol

Uk is dishing out same energy Nigerian courts use back to them

The Senator is in a big mess

kozmokaz:
Lol

Uk is dishing out same energy Nigerian courts use back to them

Yes oh. I wish they can adjourn the case to 2023 after election...

They will be jailed.

I don’t care. They swindled him into coming to the uk all in a bid to harvest the poor lads kidney.

Both ekweremadu and his wife must be thrown in jail and the keys thrown in the sea and swallowed by a shark.

Let pdp turn to fishermen to try and save them

Mrkumareze:


Yes oh. I wish they can adjourn the case to 2023 after election...

The ekweremmadus na the first specimen

Wish say na that judge tanko

It is very likely that Senator Ekweremadu is innocent in this matter, but karma is hitting on him for something he has done to someone. The world is wired to replenish to you what you did to others when you least expect.

Making him a good example is a warning to our Leaders,good riddance.In all this I really pity his sick daughter,a dent to his political reputations that was built in many was going down the drain in a twinkle

Ok, noted.

I've been right.

After seeing his picture, I knew there is no way he is a minor.

Can he be sent back to Nigeria after the case?

Good news. This is a welcome development from UK magistrate. It will serve as deterrence to our good for nothing polithiefcians here in Nigeria.

United Kingdom is not Zoogeria where you are bigger than the law.

kozmokaz:
Lol

Uk is dishing out same energy Nigerian courts use back to them

Dishing out on an igbo?

The court adjourned till August 4 is a welcome development. They should keep adjourning the case till 2023.
Meanwhile, I hope his daughter gets another donor. She shouldn’t suffer for his parents stupidity

Let the Elite face trial for the first time, Let them get BP like other Nigerians.
Such is life.
Money cannot buy all things.

Vulturereloaded:


Dishing out on an igbo?

E consign u weather na Igbo, Hausa , Yoruba , ijaw, efik!!

Mfk was once a senate president !!! He was in a position to do things right but never did that !

For the record abum nwa Afo

Corruption knows no tribe

an0daGuy:
I don’t care. They swindled him into coming to the uk all in a bid to harvest the poor lads kidney.

Both ekweremadu and his wife must be thrown in jail and the keys thrown in the sea and swallowed by a shark.

Let pdp turn to fishermen to try and save them

How exactly did they swindle him? That Boy obviously willingly offered to sell his kidney to them but developed cold feet afta arriving the UK

Nbote:


How exactly did they swindle him? That Boy obviously willingly offered to sell his kidney to them but developed cold feet afta arriving the UK

Didn’t you read the expose the kid made before to the uk press? He was tricked into coming to the UK for a job offering and then he was told to go for a medical examination before resuming at the phantom job where it was already planned for his kidney to be stolen.

Why are you lying and supporting organ harvesters?

The implications of this ruling is that the boy will not be given protection and asylum again. David is coming back to Nigeria.

Its a case of crook jam crook,best of luck to both

Ike Ekweremadu and his wife are to remain in custody till the next hearing which is on the 4th of August.

We all know that

Hmmm

Noted.

UK no be Naija, so all parties involved should face the law squarely.

Lol.

I want Ekweremadu in jail shaa