-AMPUTEE
Temitayo Israel Olowoake spoke with Prince Sunny Ebhojiaye about three times close shave with death experiences, lost his mother in one of the accident, and few years later his father died after the amputation, discrimination, rejection of life, with a prosthetic left hand, searching for a destined helper as an orphan.Could you briefly introduce yourself?My name is Temitayo Israel Olowoake. I am 37 years old and I am from Ekiti State. I am a graduate of Mass communication of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. I am also a poultry farmer and I know how to rear fowl, and turkey and I am grateful for such a beautiful skill. However, I currently do not have the capacity and capital funds to continue the business, so I have decided to register my Brain Child Cheerful Samaritan Charity Foundation to assist the less-privilege, disabled, physically challenged children, vulnerable and abandoned children on the street of Lagos and Ogun state.For a starting, what was your life like before you became an amputee? I have been described as the luckiest person in Nigeria history. “I had encountered with an accident three times, and lost my mother to cold of death while I lost my left hand. This may correct to some extent because my career has been trajectory and filled with surprising twists and turns. “One of the accidents my face got damaged, second accident I lost my left hand and my mother.
I became amputated and third was recently on October 5th 2026. The bus was on fire while trying to escape my leg was injured. It has been misfortune all my life but death has refused to take me because my time has not come”. Who are you? I am a covenant child brought by God for special missions on earth. And there is no reason I should not be supported. What type of support are you talking about? I have a divine programe, exclusive End of the Year Event for amputees and lame children from the age of 7-21 years old. The version 2 is coming up this year on December 19th 2026 at St. Michael School hall Sango-Ota Ogun State. How are you preparing for the event? We are soliciting for sponsorship and support from a well-to do personalities. For assistance we want to host 300 children, feed them, pay their transport and give them cash awards and writing school materials.What was your life like before you became an amputee? Before I got an accident with my mother and she died instantly. My life was quite interesting struggling to feed, striving to make something out from life as a graduate without job. Tragedy of accident happened.How did you lose your left hand which you use to do everything? It was a car accident. Everything changed after the accident. It was very difficult and life changing experience. Suddenly, I had to deal with the reality of life. I don’t want to remember the incident that I lost part of my body and that my life would never be exactly the same again. What kind of support do you want to package such big event? I need cash money, products, Bus support for the children and shelter. “May God help me to come to reality”.Has your disability been a problem to you? No, I see everything that happened to me as a divine call to duty. If not this nature of disability, “I may not be in position to assist my fellow amputees and disable”. Are you married? No, I do not know how woman private part looks like because,” I am a virgin man.