Osita Iheme, a Nigerian producer and performer, has spoken out about his colleague John Okafor, also referred to as Mr. Ibu.
Mr. Iheme, who co-starred with Mr. Okafor in the popular television series “Pawpaw,” is hopeful that his colleague, who is presently receiving treatment, will soon make a full recovery.
Pawpaw made this assertion in an interview with Doreen Avio of Hitz FM that was recently featured on AMAAs in Nigeria.
It was disclosed by Pawpaw during the interview, which was monitored by 1Family Radio, that Mr. Ibu’s ailment is not a new development.
“Sickness is something that can come upon anybody. Anyone can fall sick at any time. We thank God for life and for keeping us alive,’’ he said.
“By God’s grace, he is receiving treatment right now, and he will be fine. I have been talking to him for a while now; the sickness is not just something that just started today. It has been long. We’ve been talking about it,’’ he added.
This comes shortly after the comedic actor revealed his illness to the world on October 18, when he launched a fundraising campaign to help pay for his hospital costs in Lagos and made an impassioned plea.
He claimed to have had a “strange and life-threatening illness” that had kept him in the hospital for two weeks.
The actor, who turned sixty-two in October, added that the physician had made a suggestion that he might lose his legs.
“As I speak to you, I am still lying down in the hospital; the medical director of this hospital said that the best solution is that, in case his new idea doesn’t work, the best idea is to cut off my leg,’’ Mr. Ibu was captured saying.
Source: 1Familyradio