TG Omori Reveals ₦31m Cost Of Kidney Failure Treatment
Music-video director ThankGod Omori, popularly known as TG Omori, has disclosed that he spent about ₦31 million on kidney-failure treatment while waiting for a transplant.
Omori made the disclosure during an interview on the Afropolitan Podcast published on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, where he recounted the illness, dialysis, failed transplant and emotional struggles that kept him away from work.
He said his health problems began after he was diagnosed in Nigeria and treated with medication before his condition worsened in 2023 while he was in New York.
According to Omori, doctors later advised him to return to Nigeria and seek further medical attention after his condition continued to deteriorate.
He said a nephrologist eventually advised him to undergo a kidney transplant as his kidney function declined despite treatment.
The search for a compatible donor, however, lasted about nine months before his younger brother volunteered to donate one of his kidneys.
Omori said the transplant operation lasted about seven hours but his body rejected the donated kidney.
“It took about nine months to get a donor,” Omori said.
“When it was becoming a struggle, my brother decided to donate.”
He said the kidney was removed successfully, but his body did not accept it after the lengthy operation.
“My brother only has one kidney now, even though he can live with one,” he said, describing the situation as another traumatic part of his experience.
Following the failed transplant, Omori returned to dialysis while waiting for his body to recover sufficiently for another transplant attempt.
He also opened up about the financial pressure created by repeated dialysis sessions.
Omori said dialysis could cost about ₦70,000 per session in some circumstances, while treatment at a more expensive facility could reach about ₦500,000 for three sessions in a week.
“I spent a lot on surgery,” Omori said.
“Dialysis costs ₦70k a day, but at an exclusive place, I sometimes had three sessions a week, costing ₦500k.”
He estimated that remaining on dialysis for about a year while waiting for a transplant could cost approximately ₦31 million, excluding additional tests, medication and possible complications.
The director said the cost was so high that even a person earning ₦1 million monthly could struggle to sustain treatment.
“So, a minimum-wage person is dead already on one session,” Omori said.
Beyond the medical and financial challenges, Omori said the illness affected his career because he was unable to work while people speculated that he had lost relevance in the music-video industry.
“I was in the hospital, and people were already texting that I fell off; nobody works with me anymore,” he said.
He said the experience became particularly difficult because only a small circle of people knew what he was going through.
“That’s how cruel the game is,” Omori said, adding that he was unsure whether he would survive and had already said what he described as his last prayer.
Omori also recalled receiving widespread support from colleagues and friends after his condition became public, saying the response demonstrated the level of solidarity within the entertainment industry.
He said he received about 200,000 messages during the period and eventually deactivated his Instagram account and disconnected from his phone because he could not cope with the volume of communication.
The director has since returned to creative work, but his latest account has renewed attention on the personal, emotional and financial consequences of his kidney-failure experience.
His disclosure also places the cost of prolonged dialysis at the centre of his account, particularly the challenge faced by patients who require repeated sessions while waiting for a compatible donor or transplant.
Omori’s latest revelations do not indicate that he underwent a new successful transplant in September 2026, but rather provide further details about the earlier failed transplant involving his brother and the treatment that followed.
