Distraught Eucharia Anunobi says doctor mistakenly killed her son

Distressed Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi has revealed in an interview with Punch that the doctor who treated her sick 15-year-old son, Raymond Ekwu, who had Sickle Cell Anemia, mistakenly killed him.

The fiery veteran thespian who did not divulge the name of the doctor or the circumstances surrounding his death revealed that much when she decided to celebrate the posthumous birthday of her late son with the motherless babies’ and young inmates at the Special Correctional Centre for the Boys.

Eucharia who gave some of her sons personal effects to young inmates at the Correctional Centre said; “I have not removed my mourning clothes, neither have I opened my hair since the death of my son. I have only been wearing white since his demise and the reason I have maintained this is because my son was a good boy to me; but he was mistakenly killed by the doctor.

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“My son was not supposed to die. He was a very wonderful child. I decided to honour him by marking his 16th birthday posthumously the way we normally do. During our birthdays, we usually visited the motherless babies and show them love by donating some clothes and food to them.

“This year would not be any different from the previous ones we have celebrated. I am going to do it the way my son and I had always done it and I would give out some of his personal effects,” she added.

Raymond whom Eucharia had by her ex-husband, Charles Ekwu, in 2002, had been with Sickle Cell Anemia from birth but died from complications associated with the disease in the early hours of Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017.

His death has left Eucharia depressed, lonely and also halted the appearance of the actress on the movie scene.

 

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