Man Sitting In The Middle Of The Road With His Sick Child (Photos)

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It would be recalled that a heartbreaking video of a Nigerian father sitting in the middle of the road frustrated with his sick child narrating how he spent his entire life savings and is now still trying to look for more money to take care of his sick child with a rare medical condition all to no avail, that he has gone to many places that no one seems to help. Tragically, Little Benaiah Monday has died on his way to Dubai, where he was expected to undergo a major heart surgery. His story caught national interest after a video of his distraught dad soliciting for help for him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, went viral. About 48 hours after the video hit the internet, Nigerians rallied around to donate over N70m towards his surgery. However, Instablog9ja exclusively gathered that brave Benaiah lost the battle, this morning in Lagos, while going for the surgery. He was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.

Little Benaiah dies on his way to Dubai for his heart surgery
It would be recalled that the Nigerian father with a sick child who was accused of absconding with over N70million raised for that child’s treatment, has denied running with the money. It would be recalled that the Man whose son has days to live, had accused of beating him up when he sat with his sick baby at Rivers Government House gate. He told punchng.com, Chukwudi Akasike; “I sat there for close to two hours and when the security men saw that people were coming there to ask me questions about my baby’s situation and were snapping and videoing me (and I think then the governor wanted to go out for a campaign); the security operatives came where I was and dragged me into a Hilux pick-up truck, about 10 of them, beat me up, dragged my child and nearly broke his arm. They carried me inside the vehicle and continued beating me.”

Little Benaiah dies on his way to Dubai for his heart surgery
Humanitarian, KBK, who has been handling the case on social media, had earlier taken to social media to allege that the man had absconded with the funds raised. See what KBK wrote: “Scores of people have been asking for updates about little Beniah, but the truth is I don’t have any. Mr Monday decided to cut all communications with me just after the campaign. I realised he actually blocked me. The situation is still the same till today I sent out othrr reps and it’s all fruitless and subsequently stated that a team would contact me but nothing till now. I’m bowing out but with a clause that if anything happens to the boy because thet are slow or they followed a wrong path, he will have many questions to answer from the donors. I need the family to provide all pictures of Beniah from childhood till date.

Little Benaiah dies on his way to Dubai for his heart surgery
A bill from the hospital the surgery will take place. Copies of passport/visa if it’s been gotten. Who and who are traveling with the boy. When the surgery is happening. How much was the actual donation”? But in a new video that was shared on the internet by Daddy Freeze, who probably had a live chat with the father of the child, the man denied absconding and also revealed that plans are already in place for the family to travel out for the treatment. He however chipped in that he had to lay-low for sometime for security reasons:
Source: Instagram/ Laila’s blog
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