Lagos Driver who donated kidney to his employer’s brother, aggrieved over unfulfilled promises by his boss

Turbulent times have ensued as a certain employer of labour in Lagos State, identified as Akazue has failed to fulfil his promises to his driver, Chimobi Nwoko who allegedly donated his kidney to Akazue’s brother.

Akazue is said to have promised his driver the sum of $20 million, a house and a driving job in the United States if he donated one of his kidneys to his brother whose kidney was said to have failed at the time.

According to Nwoko who has been Akazue’s driver since November 2018 and reportedly agreed to the terms, his boss deceived him and has since then, failed to fulfil his promises adding that life hasn’t been fair on him since his boss no longer cares about him or his health despite exhausting all his medications barely one week after the transplant.

He said following the kidney transplant at a popular hospital in Lagos State on December 22, 2018, he now feels tired almost all the time and is no longer as agile as he used to be.

Narrating his ordeal, Nwoko said, “I was employed as a driver for Mr Akazue in November 2018. His brother, Osinach, had a kidney issue, so when my boss travelled, I was driving his brother to the hospital for dialysis every three days. When my boss returned, he called me into his office and told me that his brother’s kidney had failed.

“He said in the next one or two weeks, his brother may die. He asked if I would like to donate one of my kidneys for his brother and said if I donated the kidney, he would give me $20m, a house in America, and will also get me a driving job in America.

“I said I would do it and the next day, we went to the hospital where they ran tests and told me my kidney would match his. The next day, Akazue’s brothers, another of his in-laws, one Mr Joe, and I went back to the hospital, we stayed three days after which the surgery was done.”

“One week after I was discharged, I exhausted my drugs and since 2018 to date, I have not received any other treatment as my boss has abandoned me.

“All the promises my boss made me, he didn’t fulfil them. Whenever I asked my boss about it, he’d tell me not to worry, that I was still in his mind. On October 13, 2023, I realised what had happened and told my parents about what I was going through,” Nwoko added.

Meanwhile, the aggrieved man also stated that prior to undergoing the transplant, his boss warned him against informing members of his family, a revelation that raises more suspicion that Akazue actually duped him.

Adding, Nwoko said Akazue brought his younger sister, Deborah, to act as his wife, who signed the consent form at the hospital before the transplant and that after undergoing the transplant and being discharged from the hospital, his boss moved him into a one-room apartment in Mowe but ordered him to return to work one week after the surgery despite still recuperating.

He also acknowledged that though his salary was increased to N70,000 after the transplant, he never received the full salary because N30,000 was always deducted if he missed any day at work.

Chimobi also explained that his family lodged a complaint at the Zone 2 Command, where the Assistant-Inspector General, Muhammed Ali, detailed his men, and Akazue was arrested on Sunday, October 22.

But his brother, Osinachi’s whereabouts have not been known as Nwoko’s counsel, Abdullai Dania, said Akazue told the police to go find him themselves.

The counsel described Nwoko’s case as a case of organ theft, noting that “his kidney was taken from him deceitfully and fraudulently.”

She said, “This is stealing somebody’s organ. We don’t know what he used to hypnotise the man; if he is going to settle this matter, he should pay N500m to the victim. If he won’t, we will take legal action while the criminal aspect will go on.”

Moreso, efforts to reach the receiver of the donated kidney, Osinachi, have repeatedly proven abortive.

Contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Zone 2 Command, Hauwa Idris-Adamu, requested to know the department that arrested the suspect and promised that subsequent actions will be taken on the matter.

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