It is no longer news that Godwin Obuah, former chief security officer to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is dead and he died at the National Hospital,
It is no longer news that Godwin Obuah, former chief security officer to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is dead and he died at the National Hospital, Abuja, after suffering a heart attack. But what many do not know is that he went into coma even before he got to the National Hospital. Sources gathered that he was with some relations on the day he fell ill and was alleged to have complained of stomach upset which eventually led to stooling and vomiting. He was indeed vomiting blood. From what the family was told, it was this that led to his death.
From available records, the former CSO was diabetic before he passed on. Yet, it was not diabetes that doctors gave as the immediate cause of his death, even though his sugar level was said to have shot up astronomically when the vomiting and stooling continued unabated. Sources claimed that rather than take him to the National hospital when he took ill with the vomiting of blood and stooling, he was taken, rather curiously, to a discreet and unknown Zaki hospital. This sounded curious to family members because he had a National Hospital card on him anywhere he went. And since he was still conscious, he would have asked to be taken there. It was gathered that he was eventually referred to the National Hospital from the Zaki Hospital after his case had worsened and gone beyond reparation.
Another curious fact was that the lady said to be called Princess Benny who allegedly followed him to the hospital was said to have told the hospital authorities that his wife was not in Nigeria and that she was in South Africa with their kids whereas Obuah’s legal wife, Merit, was in Abuja at the time. She was never consulted until her husband died.
Obuah was said to have a special relationship with another woman, Ngozi Olejeme who is believed to have relocated from Nigeria in the heat of Jonathan’s defeat at the polls. According to reports, Olejeme had sneaked into Nigeria moments before Obuah took ill. Indeed, they were alleged to have spent some time together before Olejeme allegedly left Abuja. What the source could not confirm was whether Olejeme left the country before he died. Olejeme, who was alleged to have remarried and changed her name in South Africa was able to sneak into Nigeria because of the change in identity.
However there are several questions begging for answers. Could her presence in Nigeria have had anything to do with Obuah’s death? Could the mysterious lady said to be named Princess Benny, who took Obuah to Zaki hospital and eventually National Hospital have been working for or with Olejeme? If she was close to Obuah as Olejeme was, why did they not choose National Hospital where he would have gotten better treatment right from the onset before he went into coma?
Already, family members are alleging that he was poisoned. They based their claims on the fact that he was vomiting and stooling before he died and no one, including those who took him to hospital could give him the necessary aid, indicating that they waited for the case to worsen before trying medical attention.
The Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested Obuah two months after his principal left power. He was detained at the headquarters of the agency and to protest his detention, Obuah embarked on hunger strike and fell ill after he was released.
