“Nkechi, you won’t surv!ve it.” Gospel singer recounts life-thr£atening experience 

“Nkechi, you won’t survive it.” Gospel singer recounts life-threatening experience

On a quiet Sunday evening in January 2000, 20-year-old Nkechi Okafor says her life changed forever.

She was packing her mother’s bags for a trip to Onitsha when she suddenly felt what she described as a sharp, invisible force strike her body. Moments later, she began shivering.
Within days, her condition worsened. 

Her tongue turned black, she fainted after taking herbal medicine and was diagnosed with mild typhoid before being discharged from hospital.
Back home, her neck became stiff with pain, and she says she witnessed a frightening encounter that left her terrified.

Her ordeal deepened as she lost the use of her right leg, her abdomen became severely swollen, and she eventually slipped into a two-week coma.

Now, 26 years later, Nkechi is sharing her remarkable story of survival, resilience and faith.

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Source: Yewande Fasan