Saturday, October 27, 2012
Shocking: Gospel singer, Patty Obasi is Dead
Renowned
gospel singer, Patty Obasi, died on Friday after battling with a critical
ailment for over one year. His two kidneys were said to have failed and was
recommended for a transplant operation in India but could not embark on the
operation owing to lack of fund.
Obasi, whose popular album Nwa Mammy Water, shot him to limelight, died at his Enugu residence in the
early hours of Friday after he reportedly slipped into unconsciousness. Obasi
was down with kidney failure since last year and his doctor said he needed not
less than N10 million to transplant his two failed kidneys in India.
One of his sisters, who confirmed his demise on telephone, said Obasi gave up
the ghost after the prolonged ailment without undergoing the recommended kidney
transplant. She could not say if any assistance finally came the way of the
popular gospel artiste who had cried out to members of the public, the
government and political office holders for financial assistance to enable him
undertake the kidney transplant.
“Brother died at his house this morning and his body had been deposited in the
mortuary. He could not go for the kidney transplant in India as recommended by his doctor at the University of Nigeria
Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu,”
she said. Obasi, who had many gospel albums to his credit, hailed from Mmaku in
Agwu local government area of Enugu
State. VANGUARD
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