SOS: Tobias Bright seeks N25m for urgent kidney transplant

By Sola Ogundipe

The household of Tobias Iheanyichukwu Bright, is urgently seeking for a ₦25 cardinal lifeline to money a kidney transplant for him aft implicit a twelvemonth of battling extremity signifier kidney failure.

Tobias, known for grooming others successful snail and ostrich farming archetypal showed symptoms of unwellness successful 2024 erstwhile helium became unresponsive and was rushed to a section hospital. It was  astatine a 2nd installation that doctors diagnosed kidney failure, prompting contiguous dialysis.

Since then, helium has required dialysis 3 times weekly, costing the household astir ₦450,000 per week.

In a chat with Good Health Weekly, Emmanuel, his 2nd lad stated:  “When helium fell ill, it was unprecedented due to the fact that he  had ever been of dependable health, but today, helium lies successful a infirmary bed, warring for his life, a diligent of extremity signifier kidney failure.

” On August 2, 2025, helium suffered a captious occurrence aft dialysis, losing his quality to talk and eat. He was transferred crossed aggregate hospitals

“We came backmost from a dialysis league and discovered that helium was not speaking, helium could not eat, we asked him questions, helium could not respond, truthful we rushed him backmost to the hospital. Ever since, helium has been connected admittance astatine antithetic hospitals.

“So they told america that helium needed dialysis, and that was the archetypal clip we knew helium was having kidney problem. His assemblage was swollen, the tummy country large adjacent for a slim man, but aft the dialysis session, helium came backmost to normal.

“He was advised to trim his h2o intake to forestall accumulation of fluid successful antithetic parts of his body. Dialysis brought impermanent relief, but it became a constant, grueling routine.”

Emmanuel stated that adjacent though the household has spent millions,  it is yet owing millions successful aesculapian bills.

“Doctors person confirmed that a kidney transplant is the lone viable solution, and a matching donor who is simply a comparative has been identified, but the process requires ₦25 million,” Emmanuel stated.

He is starring a fundraising effort and urging the nationalist to enactment the run and assistance reconstruct his father’s health.

At 1 of the hospitals, helium was placed successful the ICU for 10 days, the bills mounted and they were forced to discharge him owed to deficiency of funds. Currently helium is unchangeable but hardly communicative, helium responds to signs, but his assemblage is failing, the lone solution present is simply a kidney transplant.”

”The urgency is simply a substance of beingness and death. We person a acceptable and consenting donor, but the obstacle is money. This is our past hope,” Emmanuel stated.

 “Dialysis is conscionable a impermanent fix, the toxins successful his humor are rising, his assemblage can’t modulate fluid oregon nutrient blood, we request this transplant to prevention him.”

Tobias gave his beingness to helping others. Now, helium needs others. Emmanuel and the full Bright  household person launched a GoFundMe and opened a donation account; thing is excessively small oregon excessively big. They are appealing to kind-hearted Nigerians, churches, mosques, businesses, and anyone who tin help.

“No magnitude is excessively small, we’ve travel this acold with religion and family, but we can’t bash it alone,” Emmanuel appealed.

To donate and enactment Tobias’ kidney transplant fund, delight nonstop contributions to:  Bright Iheanyichukwu Tobias  3014606240 First Bank. For much information, interaction 08028463876.

The station SOS: Tobias Bright seeks N25m for urgent kidney transplant appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.