Read her statement below:
People who
know me well will tell you that the easiest and fastest way to get money out of
me is to tell me you’re sick. I hate seeing people that helpless. Over the
years, I’ve donated and also used my platform to raise money for several sick
people, including Mayowa Ahmed.
Early
morning on July 28th, I received a call saying the #SaveMayowa campaign was a
scam. That the lady was terminally ill and the family had no intentions of
using the money raised for her health to treat her as they had no invite from
the hospital in Atlanta, neither did she even have a visa to the US.
They
wanted me to blog it quickly so people could stop donating. I found it hard to
believe at first but it was coming from people who were directly involved in
raising money for the sick girl. I sent someone to LUTH to investigate, he got
there and found chaos. The Police was already involved, people were being
questioned, some folks were shouting, he spoke to people in the hospital and
many seemed confused. I spoke with those who had called me, and they said
1000%, the whole thing was a scam.
And I
sincerely believe that at the time they told me this, they genuinely believed
it to be a fact. I don’t think it was done maliciously. After they sent me
documents showing the hospital in Atlanta was not really involved in Mayowa’s
treatment and LUTH medical directors denied knowledge of a fund raising for the
sick girl, I believed it to also be a fact! And I wrote it. My mistake, I
think, was owning the story, I probably should have quoted them. And maybe
investigated more. My apologies to the family! The post has since been taken
down.
After investing
properly, the police found it wasn’t a scam, that it was more a
miscommunication between the parties helping to raise funds and the girl’s
family. I spoke about the issue with the Lagos police PPRO and she assured me
that the family didn’t have bad intentions.
What I am happy about is
that; even if the family had had dubious intentions initially, now they can’t
do any of that, as everyone is now watching. So maybe a good thing came out of
the whole chaos.
The happy news is that
Mayowa has been flown to South Africa for treatment. She left Nigeria on
Thursday August 11th.
May God use her case to
show that He is God!
Let’s continue to pray for her!
Let’s continue to pray for her!
Linda
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