- Odibo Victory
A lady has cried out for help over her brother’s long battle with drug addiction, saying his condition has continued to worsen despite years of efforts to get him treatment.
The woman, whose name was not disclosed, made the appeal in a video where she recounted all she and her family have gone through in a bid to help her brother recover.
In the video, she explained that her brother had been taken to several psychiatric facilities, but there has been no significant improvement in his condition.
She revealed that his addiction began in 2019 after he gained admission into the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
“My brother struggles with drug addiction and it all started in 2019 when he gained admission into UNILAG,” she said.
The woman disclosed that speaking about the situation on social media was her last resort because she had tried to help him privately, but the situation only seemed to be getting worse.
“This seems to be my last resort as I have privately tried to seek help for my brother, but it seems as though the more I try, the worse it gets.
“I’ve tried not to bring this whole thing to the media space, but I am drowning and I genuinely need help,” she said.
According to her, her brother developed a mental health condition a few months into his first academic session in 2020.
“A few months into his academic session, which was then 2020, my brother went mad.”
She said it has been seven years since the ordeal began and that his condition has become worse, describing him as increasingly violent and destructive.
“I’ve been on this now for seven years. Today is the 27th of July 2026 and, as I speak to you, my brother has now become violent, very destructive,” she said.
The lady revealed that since the crisis began, her brother has been admitted to seven different psychiatric facilities, both private and government-owned.
“It’s a lot that I have had to deal with. I have taken my brother to seven different psychiatric homes.
“I took him to Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta. I took him to Yaba twice. I took him to Concept One. I took him to another private psychiatric home in Gbagada.
“He has gone to Benin and come back, and the most recent one, they call it 68, also in Yaba, is the military hospital,” she said.
She disclosed that the military psychiatric hospital where her brother was admitted could not keep him for more than three months, prompting them to ask her to take him home.
“He was in the psychiatric ward for three months and they recently asked me to come pick him up because they said they couldn’t keep him there indefinitely. The maximum they can keep a patient is three months,” she said.
Following his discharge, the family decided to seek spiritual intervention, but she said that also yielded no positive result.
“He was released a week ago, and a couple of days ago, he was taken to Brother Ebuka’s ministry. It’s called Zion Ministry.
“He’s a popular man of God. We decided to try the spiritual route.
“He got back last night and since he got back, it has been crazy,” she said.
She further revealed that they all lived together until about five years ago, but she was forced to move out because the situation was beginning to affect her daughter.
“We all used to live together five years ago. But I realised that it was beginning to affect my child because she became exposed to a lot of things, and I didn’t want that.
“I didn’t want my child to go through the same trauma I went through as a child.
“So I decided to move and get my own space for my sanity and for the safety of my child,” she said.
According to her, the family’s landlord eventually issued them a quit notice because of the repeated disturbances allegedly caused by her brother.
She lamented that the reason she initially moved out had become meaningless because her family had now moved back in with her.
“I moved away from where we used to be and they lived there for another five years until the landlord had had enough of his whole drama.
“Like I said, this started in 2020. The landlord finally gave them a quit notice and now they are homeless and back in my house.
“The same house I got just because I wanted to feel safe. I wanted to save my daughter from that trauma. I wanted to secure my child because she’s my number one priority.
“They have brought this drama back to me, and the worst part is that I have been his primary caregiver since all this started. I have been the one taking him to all these hospitals.
“When people see him, it’s me they call because everyone knows he’s my brother. He goes to the streets of Lagos naked,” she said.