Nigerians have shown their outrage on social media, after the release of a video showing a Nigerian father rejecting medical assistance for his sick daughter named Precious. His justification was because his church, Jehovah’s Witness, is strongly against blood transfusion.

An activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who met with the parents in Sapele, Delta state, shared the viral video afterwards.

Precious suffers from a health condition called Hydrocephalus and might be in need of blood transfusion, after a surgery is carried out on her. She is 1 year and 7 months old.

In a chat with Gwamnishu, her father said that he was not against medical help for his daughter, but will never consent to a blood transfusion.

We in Jehovah’s witnesses, we don’t take blood. I would not want to transfuse blood into the child. We will not accept blood transfusion. If in the course of surgery they would transfuse blood in the child, we would not want that. I don’t want my baby to die but that is our faith

he said

Watch a video of the father refusing blood transfusion below

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