Couple dies from bowel cancer weeks apart, leaves five children

A Nigerian couple, Mr. and Mrs. Omena Ubiaro, had died weeks
apart, leaving five underage children. They reportedly died of
bowel cancer.

As reported by Yahoo News UK, Omena died from bowel cancer just
weeks after he tragically lost his wife, Makeda, to the same
disease.

Thirty-eight-year-old Omena reportedly died from bowel cancer on
Monday, September 4; while his wife, Makeda, passed away on July
29.

In a heartbreaking video posted online from his hospital bed
just days before his death, Omena said cancer was the “toughest
thing” he had ever had to face.

He said: “Myself and my five boys, we just lost my wife, they’ve
lost a mother and I’ve also lost a best friend as well… It has been
difficult for the boys, it has been difficult for myself.

Mr. and Mrs. Ubiaro and
their children.

“I know a lot of the time people say ‘be strong’, but sometimes
it’s tough because I’m thinking ‘where do I find that strength
from, that extra strength to be strong?’

“I cannot lie, it has been the toughest thing that a husband and
a father has ever had to face or deal with.”

Omena had already been battling Stage 4 bowel cancer for two
years when Makeda, also 38, was diagnosed with the same disease in
August 2016.

Their family friend, Charles Busari, who lives in Tipton, West
Midlands, set up an online fundraising page, to help the
family.

It was initially to help raise money for Makeda’s funeral while
her husband was bedridden in hospital, but the donations — which so
far total more than £36,000 — will now be used to support the five
boys in the future.

On the website, Mr Busari wrote: “It breaks my heart to report
that sadly, our dear brother Omena has lost his fight to
cancer.

(Yahoo News UK)

A Nigerian couple, Mr. and Mrs. Omena Ubiaro, had died weeks
apart, leaving five underage children. They reportedly died of
bowel cancer.

As reported by Yahoo News UK, Omena died from bowel cancer just
weeks after he tragically lost his wife, Makeda, to the same
disease.

Thirty-eight-year-old Omena reportedly died from bowel cancer on
Monday, September 4; while his wife, Makeda, passed away on July
29.

In a heartbreaking video posted online from his hospital bed
just days before his death, Omena said cancer was the “toughest
thing” he had ever had to face.

He said: “Myself and my five boys, we just lost my wife, they’ve
lost a mother and I’ve also lost a best friend as well… It has been
difficult for the boys, it has been difficult for myself.

Mr. and Mrs. Ubiaro and
their children.

“I know a lot of the time people say ‘be strong’, but sometimes
it’s tough because I’m thinking ‘where do I find that strength
from, that extra strength to be strong?’

“I cannot lie, it has been the toughest thing that a husband and
a father has ever had to face or deal with.”

Omena had already been battling Stage 4 bowel cancer for two
years when Makeda, also 38, was diagnosed with the same disease in
August 2016.

Their family friend, Charles Busari, who lives in Tipton, West
Midlands, set up an online fundraising page, to help the
family.

It was initially to help raise money for Makeda’s funeral while
her husband was bedridden in hospital, but the donations — which so
far total more than £36,000 — will now be used to support the five
boys in the future.

On the website, Mr Busari wrote: “It breaks my heart to report
that sadly, our dear brother Omena has lost his fight to
cancer.

(Yahoo News UK)