Is it true that the Ikemba has been abandoned in the UK,

How sad,

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/gov-peter-obi-and-bianca-abandon-ikemba-england

Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, currently sick in England, has been virtually abandoned by his wife, Bianca Ojukwu (nee Onoh) and his erstwhile political godson, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State.

Our investigation included interviews with concerned doctors, Nigerians in the UK, family members, and close associates of the former leader of Biafra who is one of the most charismatic public figures in Africa in the last fifty years. Saharareporters has unearthed horrifying details of the plight of the Ikemba after he had his second stroke in December of 2010.

Governor Obi has told Nigerians many a time that Chief Ojukwu was receiving the best medical attention in the UK and that he, the governor, was taking care of the medical bills. But sources close to the family as well as a medical source disclosed to Saharareporters that Ikemba had been dumped in an elderly home in England due to lack of money to pay his hospital bills. Meanwhile our investigation showed that Ikemba’s wife, Bianca, is now living with her boyfriend, Uju Robert Okonkwo, in her husband’s home in Enugu. Mr. Okonkwo is a commissioner in Governor Obi’s government and Bianca reportedly nominated him for the job

VoodooDoll:

Is it true that the Ikemba has been abandoned in the UK,

How sad,

http:///news-page/gov-peter-obi-and-bianca-abandon-ikemba-england

Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, currently sick in England, has been virtually abandoned by his wife, Bianca Ojukwu (nee Onoh) and his erstwhile political godson, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State.

Our investigation included interviews with concerned doctors, Nigerians in the UK, family members, and close associates of the former leader of Biafra who is one of the most charismatic public figures in Africa in the last fifty years. Saharareporters has unearthed horrifying details of the plight of the Ikemba after he had his second stroke in December of 2010.

Governor Obi has told Nigerians many a time that Chief Ojukwu was receiving the best medical attention in the UK and that he, the governor, was taking care of the medical bills. But sources close to the family as well as a medical source disclosed to Saharareporters that Ikemba had been dumped in an elderly home in England due to lack of money to pay his hospital bills. Meanwhile our investigation showed that Ikemba’s wife, Bianca, is now living with her boyfriend, Uju Robert Okonkwo, in her husband’s home in Enugu. Mr. Okonkwo is a commissioner in Governor Obi’s government and Bianca reportedly nominated him for the job

bianca

it think the story is not accurate

Well I hope it isn't as he is a huge part of Nigeria's history.

Regardless of your ethnic grouping you have to accept that he is well respected. If it is true then GEJ should see that he is taken care of.

is this story from Prime People?

It's from "Wahala Reporters" , Sahara Reporters.

hmmm

It has been reported that Yellow Sisi Bianca has moved in with her commissioner boyfriend - Na wa 000

evil men and women ,God punish all of you.

Regardless of your ethnic grouping you have to accept that he is well respected. 


. . . Clarify "respect".

bashr4:

evil men and women ,God punish all of you.

pls who are u refering to

Respected: he is a formidable person who is greatly admired by millions (in and out of Nigeria).

Ikemba has never been abandoned. Even some Nigerians in UK pay him a visit once in a while.

, . . And that respect is "indeed" honored to him by all ethnic grouping, or you "assume" so?

Ah, I see, you're trolling.

If you know history well you will know he is admired by Nigerians everywhere. There are not enough pages on Nairaland to go back and forth on this.

By the way I am not igbo but I greatly respect Ojukwu for standing up for his people. He has his critics and detractors but you cannot say he is not respected in Nigeria.

If even half of the "so-called" elderly statesmen parading around now had even half of his guts, Nigeria will be a different place today.

Standing up for his people include running away to Ivory Coast and allowing his people to be murdered?

I wonder what father would scale the fence while invaders r@p3 his wife and daughters

You don't get "dumped" in an old peoples home because of failure to pay hospital bills.

Usually after a stroke, you spend a few weeks in the hospital then you're sent to a care home. No stroke victim is still in the hospital a year after his stroke. My grandfather also went the same way. He was treated in the hospital for a few weeks after his stroke, then he saw out his days in the care home. This is bullshit reporting.

VoodooDoll:

Ah, I see, you're trolling. 

If you know history well you will know he is admired by Nigerians everywhere.  There are not enough pages on Nairaland to go back and forth on this.

By the way I am not igbo but I greatly respect Ojukwu for standing up for his people.  He has his critics and detractors but you cannot say he is not respected in Nigeria.

If even half of the "so-called" elderly statesmen parading around now had even half of his guts, Nigeria will be a different place today.

Thank you for your post.

There is a reason why he is respected and people like Obasanjo and Gowon are ridiculed.

The problem is he didn't have guts!

He squandered an otherwise brilliant life and greatness, and with it squandered the lives of many innocents.

Its one thing to have sympathy for his condition, but "respect" is too elevated and to dump all ethnic grps into it is misleading.

Take a poll and ask non-igbos if they respect Ojukwu and the result will be very dissapointing.

dayokanu:

Standing up for his people include running away to Ivory Coast and allowing his people to be murdered?

I wonder what father would scale the fence while invaders r@p3 his wife and daughters

He will always be celebrated, you will never get over it. Somethings never change.

His people love him and that is the most important thing, and we shall defend him.

Eze,

Of course he will always be celebrated and respected, but. . . .by his people.

What caught my attention was the term "every ethnic grp". Wow!!

Negro_Ntns:

Eze,

Of course he will always be celebrated and respected, but. . . .by his people.

What caught my attention was the term "every ethnic grp". Wow!!

Well he is respected by many non-Igbos as well.

People just have to get over it. Every foreigner that has ever heard about the war knows only two names, and that is Biafra and Colonel Ojukwu. Igbo people have certainly gotten over it, time for you all to do the same.

Well, some Yorubas like myself have sympathy for his condition, but I don't know any of us that respect Ikemba.

Negro_Ntns:

Well, some Yorubas like myself have sympathy for his condition, but I don't know any of us that respect Ikemba.

Speak for yourself and not for all your people, because I know Yorubas who respect him what he stood for.

Ojukwu is a heroic visionary and only those with vision and lion hearted can see that

I wish he had died at d first strike of stroke,instead relying on infidels to see him through incapacity

redsun:

Ojukwu is a heroic visionary and only those with vision and lion hearted can see that

don't decieve urself

pls lets leave ojukwu story out of this because he is ill for now

if u call a coward a heroic person then we have to give big credit to gen togo of the niger/delta

A hero lives to fight another day

. . . and as usually people are unnecessarily hitting their heads against a solid wall.

Link to the article:

http://[b]s[/b]aharareporters.com/news-page/gov-peter-obi-and-bianca-abandon-ikemba-england