Annastasia Olamma, a 24-year-old female skit maker, has claimed that her family opposes her intention to donate one of her kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a former Deputy President of the Senate.
After Sonia revealed she required a kidney donor since she had been diagnosed with the rare kidney condition FSGS Nephrotic Syndrome, Olamma had made the offer on Tuesday.
Months after her parents were detained in the UK and accused by the UK Metropolitan Police of conspiring to enable the trip of another individual for organ harvesting, Sonia made the statement on social media.
Olamma responded by saying that she was willing to give her kidney for free in order to save Sonia.
The proposal came weeks after the skit maker gained popularity on social media for pleading with the then homeless veteran Nollywood actor Kenneth Aguba for a wedding.
She wrote on Facebook, “I (Annastasia Michael Olamma) want to donate one of my kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu to save her life. I have made up my mind to do this to prove women can help women.
“If any of her relatives, mum, dad, and siblings cannot give out their kidneys to save their bloodline, then I will donate my own to save Sonia and I demand nothing in return. I pray it matches with her own.”
Olamma’s family members, however, objected to her choice, leading her to use Facebook Live to beg them to let her move on with it.
“Yes, my family members are against it. I expected that initially because when my dad got to know about it, he wasn’t cool with the idea. He was like ‘you want to go and kill yourself?’ My family, I know this thing might hurt you people but please I am begging you… I wish to save somebody’s life. Pray for me so that nothing will happen to me. Pray for me so that the whole thing will go successfully,” she said.
