Teenager Urgently Needs N1.8m for Jaw Cancer Surgery

Fourteen-year-old Reuben Azazi urgently needs about N1.8 million to undergo medical surgery for Burkitt Lymphoma, also known as aggressive cancer on his jaw.

Although the total medical bill is N1,791,100, the family has called on the public to rescue their son’s life.

Speaking to our reporter, Ashanti Bekewei, the younger sister to Reuben’s late mother from the Ogbinbiri community in Bayelsa State, decried the current state of her nephew.

She lamented: “I am appealing for financial assistance for 14-year-old Ruben. He has a purpose in life. He has a dream in life.”

Ruben is the third child of his late mother, who died five years ago. He was admitted on 23rd March 2023, at the Federal Medical Centre FMC with bilateral jaw cancer.

She appealed further: “His family, his father, cannot afford the bill. We don’t have the financial strength to take care of the bill. And he has been lying in that bed in pain. We are helpless.

“Please, we are appealing to all well-meaning Nigerians to save Reuben’s life. He is an intelligent and smart boy who dreams of becoming an Engineer. Help us save him.”

In the words of Bekewei: “We have implored necessary means to save his life, but it seems abortive. We’re left with a public appeal to save him.

All donations can be sent to Reuben Azazi’s 2303391106 UBA account.