23/12/2025
“This is how Nigeria kills her own.”
Kingsley Aneke didn’t die quietly.
He left behind words that should haunt every person still breathing in this country.
A man who battled a heart condition for years.
A man who believed things would get better.
A man who trusted the system… until the system demanded millions before touching him.
Public hospitals on strike.
Private hospitals asking for deposits instead of saving a life.
Doctors relocating abroad.
Families helpless.
And a patient turned into a billing opportunity.
He didn’t ask for sympathy.
He asked for change.
He asked that his death mean something.
“Some people cannot even afford the care I received,” he wrote.
And yet, even that care wasn’t enough to save him.
This isn’t just a sad story.
It’s a warning.
It’s a mirror.
It’s Nigeria telling you: you are on your own.
How many more must write goodbye letters before we fix this country?
Rest well, Kingsley.
May your voice not be ignored.
