Grieving Father Mourns 32-Year-Old Ophthalmologist Son Killed by Drunk Driver

A grieving father, Ikb Igboanugo, took to Facebook on Monday to mourn the death of his 32-year-old son, Uzochukwu Igboanugo, an ophthalmologist based in America.

According to Ikb Igboanugo, Uzochukwu lost his life in a fatal car accident caused by a drunk driver.

He wrote, “I lost this my son 3 weeks ago, I have been crying like a baby. A medical doctor (ophthalmologist) in America. An accident victim of a drunkard who fell asleep while speeding on the highway, jumped his lane opposite direction and hit with speed force on the driver’s side door where my son was as he was driving home after work. We can’t question God as He has the final decision.”

The grieving father described his late son as “a very nice boy, always happy, intelligent, friendly, caring, loving, and sociable.” He noted that Uzochukwu was not married, having dedicated all his time to becoming a medical doctor.

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Both he and his wife have been experiencing significant psychological trauma since their son’s death.

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“He was 32 years old, not yet married despite my nagging, he sacrificed all his time and achieved Ophthalmology which is a very difficult medical course in the history of reading medicine to become a medical doctor. Since his death, I have been going through mental and psychological trauma, as my doctor has been warning me. My wife also has not been herself.”

Ikb Igboanugo expressed the profound pain of losing a child, stating that even the worst enemy does not deserve such a tragedy.

“Please don’t wish your worst enemy this type of tragedy, now I pray for anybody who has not lost his child never to experience it. It is hellish and a disaster. Uzochukwu, my son, you are now in God’s bosom and working for Him; that was why he took you this early. As your soul will rest in God’s bosom in Jesus name.”

This tragic news comes alongside reports from January about another young Nigerian, Afolabi Stephen, who was killed by policemen in Canada on December 31, 2023.