A video showing the moment Alumni of University of Jos, visited, embraced an old classmate of theirs, Minabelem Hilary, who became mentally unstable on the eve of his Masters degree defence has surfaced on social media.
According to Lara Wise, who shared the emotional video on Instagram, his Alumni traced him across the river to Bakana, took him to a Psychiatry Hospital in Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt, and paid for his treatment on Valentine’s day.
Sharing the video, she wrote; “The Alumni of the University of Jos, Nigeria, drew tears from the eyes of many in Bakana, Rivers State after they left the comfort of their homes in Abuja to celebrate Valentine with their former classmate, Mr. Minabelem Hilary, who became mentally unstable on the eve of his Masters degree defence.
“The Alumni traced him across the river to Bakana and after spending time with him, they took him to the Psychiatry Hospital in Rumuigbo, Port Harcourt, and paid for his treatment and admission to a private ward with the sum of N320, 000 (three hundred and twenty thousand naira) only.
The golden hearted former classmates hugged him, bought him new clothes and laughed with him as they exchanged some old school jokes.
Reacting to the kind gesture, a doctor at the facility said Mr. Hillary had a good chance of complete recovery, especially if he took his drugs faithfully.
“I wept for joy on this and just learnt a great lesson on Valentine. THE TRUE VALENTINE”
Watch video below;
