Dr. Michael Ebonhor was not born blind but lost his two eyes at the age of 23, when armed robbers attacked him and plucked out his eyes. The Guidance Counsellor shares with ANGELA ONWUZOO his traumatic experience and how he refused to allow disability to rob him of his dream of becoming a PhD holder. Ebonhor, however, even after the unfortunate encounter with the robbers, vowed not to let his loss of sight truncate his dream of becoming a PhD holder. Then, I was 23 and a 200 level student of Tai Solarin College of Education, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. “So, I asked the doctor after that experience if my eyes would function again and he wondered what brought about the question.

Source: Punch October 02, 2021 23:36 UTC