28th December, 2011
Popular alternative medicine practitioner, Dr. Paul Olisa Ojeih, the Chief Executive Officer of IRIS Medical Foundation is dead.
The alternative medicine practitioner died last night of cardiac arrest after a protracted battle with kidney and liver ailment, a close associate of the deceased disclosed.
The late Ojeih was said to have been placed on oxygen for about 48 hours before he eventually passed on.
During his life, the late Ojeih once claimed that he could cure HIV/AIDS, and that was actually one of the factors that made him popular, aside being the anchor of a television programme that treated alternative health issues.
When P.M NEWS visited his office in Ogba this morning, two Mobile Policemen at the gate refused to comment on the issue, but told our reporter that business activities have been suspended till Friday.
The late Dr. Ojeih was late last year inducted as one of the Patrons of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. The certificate of the appointment was presented to him by the National President of the guild, Segun Arinze and Abubakar Yakub, the Public Relations Officer.
A statement issued by Arinze this morning read: “We received with shock the passing on of Prof Paul Olisa Ojeih last night. He was a patron of AGN and an avid supporter of arts. He was also at the vanguard of finding herbal antidote for AIDS. We at Nollywood extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family.â€
Dr. Ojeih was born in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria and attended St. Patrick College, Asaba.
He also studied at Nolan Institute of Natural Medicine, United States of America (USA) and International University of Bologna, Italy.
—Bayo Adetu