Another entertainer living with kidney disease reveals effect of OJB’s death

Veteran broadcaster and host of music talk show
‘The Gist’ on HipTV, Emma Ugolee, who has been
living with kidney disease for the past four years
has revealed how the death of late music maker,
OJB Jezreel affected him and narrated how his
friends and associates were concerned over his
health status.

According to him, on hearing that OJB has passed
on, his friends concern for his health grew and it
gave rise to many of them putting calls through to
make sure he was okay.

“Too many phone calls yesterday with everyone
just checking to see how I was doing”, he wrote on
his Facebook page, day after news of OJB’s death
broke.

“It all made sense when news filtered in that OJB
had just died from a disease I have battled with
for over four years. The general concern being the
psychologic impact of being reminded of the
likelihood of one’s demise, thanks to the
unpredictable and deadly nature of living without a
functional kidney” he wrote solemnly
The acclaimed ‘king of talk shows’ assured his
friends he is well aware of his condition and went
into an almost poetic repertoire that he is not
fazed by the condition, citing examples of great
people who have risen above their conditions and
environments.

“ The fact that a pattern surrounds you does not
mean your future has been moulded by it.

Now it
was time to return the calls and assure every
single one that the unfortunate event is no reason
to lose faith. It’s no proof that I must toe a similar
line. That I am not holier than any whose journeys
have ended and thus wise enough to understand
that logic does not explain the sustaining power of
grace”, he advised.