According to the official statement
released by Bankole’s grieving family, the girl was born with HBSS Sickle cell
disease. Initially the girl was treated at a Lagos hospital but later
Yewande passed away at 10.30pm on
Wednesday October 1st, 2014 in London, UK. Her remains were buried according to
Islamic rites. Yewande is the grand daughter of Chief Alani Suara Bankole and the
daughter of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Sabur
Bankole.
Sickle-cell disease or sickle-cell
anaemia is a hereditary blood disorder, characterized by an abnormality in the
oxygen-carrying haemoglobin molecule in red blood cells that leads to a
propensity for the cells to assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle-like shape under
certain circumstances.
Sickle-cell disease is associated with a number
of acute and chronic health problems, such as severe infections and attacks of
severe pain and an increased risk of death
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