On Monday, February 17, 2025, Joe Igbokwe, an Indgbo leader in Lagos settled down in the comfort of his house relishing a hot pounded yam served Okra soup.
But for the divine intervention and effort of the medical personnel, the story would have been different today.
According to Joe Igbokwe in an account he posted on his Facebook page, the accompanied Okra soup had a regular company, assorted meats of various types.
He did not notice when the bone traveled with the lump of pounded yam and it travelled down through his stomach.
Typical of the myth, Joe Igbokwe was forcing the disturbance in his throat down to the stomach with another morsel of pounded yam, however this happened to be his greatest undoing.
He could no longer cope with the resultant pains and was rushed to the hospital. Alas! the bone was already in his stomach but caused severe damages while traveling through the intestines, thus a major surgery was needed to save the life of the social activist/politician.
He recalled that his medical team was up to the task and he is now alive to tell the story.
May what we know how to eat not kill us.
Below is his account
AND GOD ALMIGHTY RESCUED ME.
On Monday Night of February 17 I was severed a very soft pounded yam and Okro soup. The first lump I took got stucked inside my throat. The big bone I did not notice when I swallowed the food seized my throat. I started forcing the bone down my throat with multiple lumps but all to no avail. The big trouble started . I went to the Hospital on Tuesday morning and I was scanned and they did see any signs of bone of throat. I was giving medications but the pains remained consistent with any signs of getting relief. I could eat any solid food from Tuesday morning to this morning. Quaker oat ( cereal ) became my food from Monday to yesterday .
I suffered from that Monday night till Yesterday evening when I returned to the hospital for another scan only to notice the bone has slides down my stomach will multiple wounds. A major surgery commenced. They gave me sedative and I slept off. The rest is now history. I woke to notice the excruciating pains has subsided and vanished into thin air.
Joe Igbokwe
