In the quest for fast money, a 28-year-old Nigerian man identified
simply as Chukwudi, has lost his life in bizarre circumstances after he
traveled to Malaysia to donate one of his kidneys to a patient needing a
transplant.
According to a Nigerian business man based in that
Middle East country, Chuwkwudi is not alone in this risky and dangerous
business of selling internal organs for money as many young Nigerians
undertake this venture just to get rich quick.
This is what the business man told PULSEng.
“I
know many Nigerians will say it is none of my business how others make
their money but I want to bring this to the notice of our country people
how many of our young men die here in Malaysia in very disturbing
circumstances.
I can tell of this young Igbo boy named Chukwudi,
from Owerri, (Imo State) who was paid the sum of N6 million by one rich
man to donate his kidney for a transplant.
The young man was
brought in from Nigeria and I had the privilege of interacting with him
and tried to dissuade from undertaking such a risky venture but he was
adamant, telling me he had made up his mind already and nothing could
stop him.
I even offered he join me in my little car washing
business from which I have been able to build a house back home but
Chukwudi did not want to struggle to make money.
He wanted fast
money and he ended up a dead man because the operation was not
successful. he died in the process while the rich man had a successful
kidney transplant.
I felt so bad because I kind of liked the boy who was graduate and had a lot of life ahead of him.
I want to use this opportunity to warn our young people not to always be in a hurry to make fast money.”