Blaming celebrities for the death of their colleague is quite
normal. But let’s look at the specifics of Muna's death. Pulse Editor,
Joey Akan believes that celebrities are blameless for the death of their
colleague.
With the death of actor Muna Obiekwe,
the spotlight has shifted to other actors and celebrities. They are
being accused of leaving their colleague in the lurch, and abandoning
him in his time of need. Muna was undergoing intense treatment for
kidney failure, and was in need of a lot of money.
Blaming celebrities for the death of their colleague
is quite normal. But let’s look at the specifics of this case to get a
fair standing. A man has died from a medical condition that maybe could
have been averted by funds. That’s the story that has been peddled
around by some people, who feel hurt by the death of a nice guy.
It is wrong to blame the Nollywood stars for the
death of one of their colleagues. First, they are colleagues. Colleagues
are people who work together in a strict sense to achieve a
professional aim, often enriching themselves in the process. A colleague
is only concerned about the aim of the game, not the players. They need
to make money from acting, anything that is not in line with that is
secondary.
As species that are given to affection and care, we
expect friendship and love to bloom from business relationships, but
that’s not the case for the most part. If Muna has a problem, and his
colleagues have to shoot a movie, (emphasis on the word ‘colleague’),
they will ignore the man and shoot their movie. An exception can come in
only if he has been cast in that movie and his absence will prevent the
work from reaching a profitable conclusion.
It is the hard fact but true. We live in a capitalist
society, where profit and personal gratification trumps the collective
good, and ultimately erodes our love for each other.
Another interesting assumption of his death is the
thinking that extra money could have saved his life. His colleagues have
been berated on social media, with their lack of donation to save his
life. But this is also wrong. Reports have emerged that Muna kept his
problem private. Enlisting his colleagues was not an option. He was
totally against it, and relied heavily on friends such as Vera Kanu and Ejiro Okurame, who brought in Patience Ozokwor and Kanayo O. Kanayo. In the weeks leading to his demise, he contacted
Ibinabo Fiberesima (the AGN President), but could not disclose his condition.
A huge number of his colleagues had no knowledge of
his condition. How can you help if you have no information about a
situation? That’s the case here. Nobody knew.
Another flaw in this assumption is in the thinking
that money could have solved his problem. I'm not a doctor.
In fact,
medical stuff tends to creep me out. Not the graphic side of it like
rashes, fractures, blood or insides -- I can handle all that.
What I've always found unsettling is the uncertainty
of so much of what doctors do. They observe ... and that observation may
be incorrect. They judge, based on that observation, as well as their
own experience and what they know from the textbooks ... and that, too,
may be incorrect. And, finally, they diagnose ... but that too, may turn
out incorrect because they're asked to play percentages and
likelihoods.
In this case, that percentage and likelihood could
not save the life of Muna. The actor was told to undergo 20 sessions of
dialysis (a kidney purification technique), he was assured by
professional authority that dialysis would make him live. But it didn’t.
Muna died after 10 sessions of it.
Money was not the problem, he could afford his treatment, but he couldn’t survive it. That’s the true story.
A case can also be made for emotional support. If
Muna had gotten a lot of sympathy and fine words, (you could throw in
the tears from some leaky-eyed folks too), would he have survived? No.
Kidney failure is pure science. Emotions aren’t. They are sentiments. A
world of emotional support would never have made him live. A case can be
made that the support could have made his days brighter and his
moments cheerful, but it would never have saved his life.
The dynamics of Muna’s death cannot be comprehended
and simplified, but with a keen eye and reasoning, one can begin to
understand that it is a not directly linked to his colleagues in the
Nollywood industry.
A person who is currently suffering for wrongful
reasoning is Ibinabo Fiberesima. She is not to be blamed.
She had no
idea of his condition and couldn’t swing in to help. Her record can show
up a couple of good deeds that help her case. She doesn’t deserve the backlash.
Let’s all grieve for the loss of a good man. The blame game has no place in mourning
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