Chisom Chukwuneke, a student who
emerged the best 2019 candidate of the West African Senior Secondary
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in her school, has passed away after battling
blood cancer.
Douglas Ifeanyin Uzochukwu,
principal of the Graceland College in Enugu, where she graduated from last
year, confirmed the tragic development on Wednesday.
Blood cancer, also called
leukemia, is a disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs
produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leucocytes, thereby
suppressing the production of normal blood cells.
Uzochukwu said the deceased, 17,
died after a prolonged treatment in South Africa.
“I’m not her father. I can’t
speak much on that but she passed on from leukemia after prolonged treatment in
South Africa,” he added.
In a statement published via the school’s
Facebook page, it wrote: “Forever in our hearts! Only a moment you stayed, but
what an imprint you left in our Hall of Fame. A truly outstanding student! Rest
In Peace Chisom!”
Felix Chukwuneke, a Nigerian
professor identified as the father of the deceased, also took to Facebook to
narrate how Chisom’s sickness started as leg pain.
He said this had prompted him to
fly her to South Africa for medical care.
“Just like a dream but the
realities are crystal now. Just a pain on the leg that snowballed to a
devastating episode, the battle started earnestly. I hear you call, ‘daddy my
leg is paining me’. I watch as you lie abed with pain,” he said in a long
tribute to the deceased.
“As restless and worried as I can
be, I promised to do everything humanly possible. With glaring poor health care
in Nigeria. Off we went to South Africa. We were happy at your initial
recovery, not knowing the war was just to begin.
“We fought it together for more
than a year in SA. You were an embodiment of intelligence of inestimable value.
Above all an indefatigable personality, courageous in the face of glaring
uncertainty. You were strong, philosophical.
“My strength even in sickness,
you wanted your dad freed while you go on to rest. In the bosom of our Lord
where there is no more pain. You spoke in parables about a special gift 10 days
earlier, and left a day to my birthday.
“Never did I know your gift you
promised was your glorious exit. You exhibited virtuoso and dazzling intellects
to the bewilderment of the doctors at Wits Donald Gordon Hospital, Parktown,
Johannesburg, South Africa
“Today your name is written in
Gold over there. Like a shining light in the tunnel, having a dream for an
African Child with less privilege and opportunity like you to access good
health care. This your dream I must ensure.”
Pictures of plaques evidencing
the many academic achievements of the deceased have flooded social media as
words of her death spread.
OH GOD, WHY???!! 💔😭😭😭
— COURAGE💪🏼 (@seer_ben) November 23, 2020
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A year after getting the best WASSCE result and after being inducted into her school's Hall of Fame, Ms Chisom Chukwuneke has passed.
May she rest in peace.
Sourec: @Coal_City pic.twitter.com/WB2JXI3N37
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday17 years old Chisom Chukwuneke, who made straights A's in the 2019 WAEC, has lost her life.
— Xerxes (@XerxesEmperor) November 24, 2020
Chisom graduated as a student of Graceland in Enugu where she smashed her WAEC with an outstanding 7 A1s and won numerous awards.
She suffered from cancer of the bone marrow.@Coal_City pic.twitter.com/NIOYsBGAhS
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May her beautiful Soul rest in the bossom of the Lord Amen
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