Nollywood’s veteran comic actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu has been hospitalised.
Ibu has sought public assistance as he battles an ailment that may cost him his leg.
He made the plea from his hospital bed on Wednesday.
The comic actor said:
“I have been down for so many weeks. All I am hoping for Is your prayers and assistance, as I speak to you I am still lying down at the hospital. The medical director of this hospital said that the best solution is in case his new idea doesn’t work, the best idea is to cut off my leg.
“Just see me, if they cut off my leg where will I go from here? Please, be in prayers for me, talk to God Almighty, I don’t want my leg to be cut off, please. Thank you so much, God bless.”
Ibu had celebrated his 62nd birthday in an undisclosed hospital surrounded by his family members.
His daughter, Jasmine Okafor has been sorting out the bills for as long as the actor has been ill and that the family would prefer to fly him out of the country for better treatment.
She said:
“As a family, we want to appeal that at this point, people should come to Daddy’s aid and rescue; for the past two weeks, Daddy has been very down, so we took him to the hospital. I have been sorting the bills, thinking I can do it alone. We have been doing everything humanly possible; as a family, we felt it was something we could do on our own for him to be fine, but he is not getting any better.
“He is not getting better; some days, it seems as if he is getting better; some days, it seems like it is getting worse. We are at one of the best private medical facilities in Lagos, and they want to refer us to another hospital because he is not getting better here.”
