In 2013 when late music producer, OJB Jezreel
suffered Kidney failure, it was his first wife, Mabel Okungbowa aka Mama J who
came to his rescue, donating one of her kidneys to save OJB’s life.
At that time no one knew the backstory of why and
how Mabel emerged as the donor.
Though OJB is now dead and was buried on July 8,
2016, his 3rd wife, Korede in a recent interview revealed why she didn’t donate
her own kidney for her hubby.
Speaking with journalists, Korede a mother-of-two and former
dancer explains, ‘Initially when we went for tests, we were all fit to donate,
but then, I had just given birth to my baby girl through CS, so the doctors
ruled me out. Eventually it was Mama J (first wife) that was the donor and I
was asked to come and take care of them’.
She added, ‘In
retrospect, I feel good about that opportunity; it bonded the family in a very
unique way. It was an emotional time for me. That Jigga had to go through that
process was heart breaking and seeing Mama Jay having to go through all that
was hurting. There were nights she couldn’t sleep and she cried, and at such
times, I couldn’t hold back the pain. So, we cried all through the night
together and that kind of drew everybody closer. And all the while, June was
taking care of the kids back here in Nigeria’.
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