Emma Ugolee
Emma Ugolee, a Nigerian veteran broadcaster who hosts the music
talk show ‘The Gist’ on HipTV, has been living with kidney disease for
the past four years.
He has now revealed how the death of late music maker, OJB Jezreel
has affected him and how his friends and associates were concerned over
his health status.
Ugolee revealed that on hearing that OJB has passed on, his friends
concern for his health grew and it gave rise to many of them putting
calls through to make sure he was okay.
“Too many phone calls yesterday with everyone just checking to see how I was doing”, he wrote on his Facebook page, day after news of OJB’s death broke.
“It all made sense when news filtered in that OJB had just died
from a disease I have battled with for over four years. The general
concern being the psychologic impact of being reminded of the
likelihood of one’s demise, thanks to the unpredictable and deadly
nature of living without a functional kidney” he wrote solemnly
The acclaimed ‘king of talk shows’ assured his friends he
is well aware of his condition and went into an almost poetic repertoire
that he is not fazed by the condition, citing examples of great people
who have risen above their conditions and environments.
“The fact that a pattern surrounds you does not mean your
future has been moulded by it. Now it was time to return the calls and
assure every single one that the unfortunate event is no reason to lose
faith. It’s no proof that I must toe a similar line.
"That I am not holier than any whose journeys have ended and
thus wise enough to understand that logic does not explain the
sustaining power of grace”, he advised.
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