18-Year-Old Undergraduate Student Died Of Appendix

An 18-year-old second year Law undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (UK), Kikaose Ebiye Onyibe, died last Wednesday following an unsuccessful surgery to remove a ruptured appendix.

Kikaose, fondly called Kika, the daughter of former Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Mr. Magnus Onyibe, died at Gold Cross Hospital on Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Her parents said Kika had been complaining of lower abdominal pain since last October and had been visiting a General Practitioner in Birmingham, UK. It was after she arrived Nigeria on Tuesday that it was discovered that her appendix had ruptured.

Immediate surgery was by doctors who warned that Kika’s life would be in grave danger if she were to be flown back to UK for the procedure. Unfortunately, the surgery was not successful and Kika died. “Kika was a bubbling young lady, full of lofty dreams and aspirations.

Above all, she loved her creator, the Almighty God and it was not surprising that she attended church regularly, assembled her mates for fellowship and talked at informal sessions with her friends,” Mr. Onyibe recalled.

Kika, who would have marked her 19th birthday on April 29, led short but eventful life. Kika is survived by her parents, Helen and Magnus Ebiye-Onyibe, and two siblings, Sopuluchukwu and Ebubechukwu.

In commemoration of her transition, a service of songs will hold today at 33B Eti Osa Way, Dophin Estate, Ikoyi while her remains will be interred at Ebony Vaults, George Street, off Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos tomorrow.