Former Delta State Commissioner for Information, Magnus Onyibe, has lost his 18-year-old daughter, Kikaose Ebiye-Onyibe, the family has announced.
Kika, as she was fondly called, was until her death a second-year law student at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
She died on Wednesday, April 12 following an unsuccessful surgery to remove a ruptured appendix at Gold Cross Hospital on Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Her family said she had complained of an aching lower abdomen for several months but doctors in the United Kingdom did not conduct proper diagnose, choosing instead to administer pain killers on her.
Scan by doctors upon her return to Nigeria on April 11 showed she had a ruptured appendix.
It was advised that a surgery be carried out immediately, as flying her out of the country could prove fatal.
She passed on the day after her arrival in Nigeria.
A graduate of the Lagoon School, Lekki Lagos, where she had her secondary school education, Kikaose had her Basic Studies program at Bridge House College, Ikoyi.
Upon completing the course, she travelled to the United Kingdom for a law programme at the University of Birmingham, where she was before her sudden demise.
“Kika was a bubbly young lady with lofty dreams and burning passion for God exemplified in the home fellowship she led for her peers.
“She also played an active role as a member of the GIFT fellowship, University of Birmingham UK,” a statement by her family reads.
Kika, who would have been 19 on April 29, left behind her, parents Helen and Magnus Ebiye-Onyibe, and two siblings, Sopuluchukwu and Ebubechukwu.
A service of songs will hold in her honour on Monday, April 17 at Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi from 4pm while interment will be at Ebony Vaults also in Ikoyi the day after.
