Sad News: OJB Jezreel Faces Kidney Relapse After Successful Transplant

by Abang Veronica

Popular Nigerian song writer, music producer and singer, Babatunde Okungbowa popularly known and called by his stage name OJB is reportedly on admission at the General Hospital, Lagos following a relapse of his kidney ailment.

OJB, who had a successful kidney transplant in India in 2013, had a relapse two weeks back, this is according to a report by Yes! International magazine.

A source at the hospital who spoke to the magazine said

“The medical experts who attended to OJB at the Lagos Hospital were shocked at the sudden relapse despite last year’s successful kidney transplant. They chided him for not going back to India for post-surgery check-ups as specified by the team of Indian doctors in the medical report given to him”.

When contacted, his third wife, Korede said

“I don’t want to say anything about it unless he talks about it himself. Have you called him? Because I have not seen the story and he has even warned me about it. So please I don’t want to have anything to do with it unless he talks about it himself. He warned me and I have to respect and obey my husband” she said

His first wife, Mabel donated one of her kidneys to him last year and he was believed to be doing well until this recent development.

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