“My Sister Didn’t Deserve To Die” Content Creator Njideka Cries Out
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Summary: A 36-year-old mother identified only as Amaka died during childbirth at a General Hospital in Abuja after the facility had no oxygen, no qualified doctor on duty, and ignored her repeated calls for help, according to her sister, Njideka Achilonu.
A 36-year-old mother of three, identified only as Amaka, has died during childbirth at a General Hospital in Abuja, according to her sister Njideka Achilonu, a content creator who shared the news in a video and caption posted on her Instagram page, on March 12, 2026.
According to Njideka, the hospital had no oxygen and no qualified doctor on seat at the time of Amaka’s delivery; it was only an inexperienced corps doctor. Amaka called for help three times but was ignored by hospital staff. She eventually gave up, after which the staff began performing CPR on her. “CPR after Caesarean section? Nigeria, why?” Njideka wrote.
Njideka stated that she missed her sister’s calls because she was in Lagos, being dragged between the Magistrate Court and the Federal High Court over charges she says she knows nothing about. “My sister would have been alive today if I didn’t have two court cases in Lagos,” she wrote. “I missed the opportunity to save you. I am sorry, Sister Amaka.”
In a video tribute, Njideka described her sister Amaka as a deeply cheerful and loving woman who had been overjoyed about her third pregnancy. According to her, Amaka was healthy, dancing, singing and praying in the lead-up to her delivery.
She described her sister as someone who would spend five hours listening to a person’s problems without complaint, even while carrying her own. “She loves her children. She loves her children,” Njideka stated in the video.
Amaka’s death is an addition to Nigeria’s already alarming maternal mortality record. According to a 2023 UN report on Trends in Maternal Mortality, nearly 28.5% of global maternal deaths happen in Nigeria, and a woman in Nigeria has a 1 in 19 lifetime risk of dying during pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum.
