Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Na wetin we for talk now? The big news wey don drop as Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal, wey dem sabi as the Sleeping Prince, don finally waka come back to the heavenly side after nearly 20 years for coma. E die Saturday, July 19, 2025, and the royal palace don announce am sharp-sharp.
As dem mention am, na so everywhere don quiet. The prince dey only 36 years old – just small pikin age! But e life take sharp turn for London back in 2005, when crash for motor karus, turn am into this coma wey don collect two decades from him life. Just imagine say you go sleep, and the next thing you wake up, na 20 years don pass! Chai, this life no balance sometimes o! (Even if we dey fear sleep sometimes, na only for dream we go fit use this level of sleep).
The family talk say funeral prayers go hold for the Grand Mosque for Riyadh this Sunday. Dem true say the prince no fit wake up fully, but e father, Prince Khaled bin Talal, no gree give up on am. Dem say him dey refuse to pull life support and dey care for am since the day the accident happen.
Over the years, people don dey call am the Sleeping Prince, with many dey pray for him recovery like na some kind national treasure. Videos wey dey show am move finger small small don dey circulate, dey give hope to many wey believe say miracle fit still happen. Na wetin fit make person keep faith o!
Just few weeks ago, some social media wahala don start when hoax claim say Al-Waleed don wake from him long sleep. Wahala gatz end now as e don clear say the prince don travel this time wey no ready come back. E father, Prince Khaled, don convey the family sadness for social media, saying, “With hearts full of faith in Allah’s decree and destiny, and with profound sadness, we mourn our beloved son…” E tough, sha!
The prince dey well-known all over the Arab world. People dey share him story of hope, and the kind faith him family show don inspire many pipo. As e don enter the next level, we dey can only bless am for the spirit wey don dey shine since e go sleep. Rest in peace, Sleeping Prince, we go miss your hope shine!
