{"id":63577,"date":"2023-05-03T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/03\/i-was-born-blind-chidinma-ekile-shares-emotional-story\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:06:01","slug":"i-was-born-blind-chidinma-ekile-shares-emotional-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/03\/i-was-born-blind-chidinma-ekile-shares-emotional-story\/","title":{"rendered":"I was born blind- Chidinma Ekile shares emotional story \u00bb \u2122-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian singer and songwriter, Chidimma Ekile has emotionally taken her fans through her torrid childhood experiences, including the revelation that she was born blind. <\/p>\n<p>She opened up un in a video content uploaded on her YouTube platform wherein she revealed how God came through for her when her parents had utilised all available recourses. <\/p>\n<p>The songstress who recently switched to gospel music, said that after she gained her sight, her mum reached an agreement with God and dedicated her to Him.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She said;\u00a0\u201cI was born blind actually, I didn\u2019t open my eyes at all, and that became a challenge, my parents tried all that they could to get me to see, but all proved abortive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to resort to God, here is my mum, being a prayer warrior; she just started praying all of a sudden, started fasting from nowhere. These were things my parents were never used to but they had to because of the situation. And eventually, I started to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember that my mum, according to her, had promised to give me back to God, if God could help her solve that problem. Without my knowledge, my mum made a deal with God.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"g10CwuWnX5Y\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Story - Chidinma Ekile\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g10CwuWnX5Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chidinma is a singer, composer, and actor from Nigeria. 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