Nollywood actor, Mr Ibu undergoes another leg amputation, can hardly talk

The Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has announced that ailing Nollywood actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has suffered another limb amputation and is barely able to speak, with the veteran pleading for prayers and assistance.

Dr Emeka Rollas, National President of the AGN, said this during a press conference.

He stated that the group was keeping an eye on Ibu’s illness and was also concerned about the health of another renowned actor, Amaechi Muonagor.

Muonagor has been sick for almost two months at the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, Anambra State.

According to him, the actor’s health is pitiful, and he is now a shadow of his former self.

Ibu’s family announced last month that the actor had many surgeries, but that one of his legs had to be amputated to keep his chances of survival alive, and that he will be taken abroad for further treatment soon.

Speaking with Vanguard, the AGN president gave an update, “We are resigning to fate concerning the two actors. As I speak with you, Mr Ibu hardly talks again and he has undergone another leg amputation.”

“You will shed tears if you see Amaechi Muonagor now, his legs are completely paralyzed. I’m calling on all fans and well wishers of the actor to join hands with other philanthropic Nigerians to support him in this dire time,” Rollas said.

He further disclosed that he had approved the sum of N250,000 to be sent to the ailing actor’s account from the AGN Trust Fund, acknowledging it was not enough

Rollas, however, urged young actors to endeavour to sign up for the AGN HMO and Insurance programmes.

Kanyidaily recalls that Mr Ibu’s wife shared video of herself feeding him days after Jasmine did same.