The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has clarified the rationale behind the choice to ban late Nollywood comic actor John Okafor, popularly generally known as Mr. Ibu, to not be despatched overseas for medical remedy.
Naija Information recollects that Mr Ibu died on March 2, 2024 on the age of 62 after a protracted battle with sickness.
In a latest interview with Afia TV, AGN President, Chief Emeka Rollas, said that Mr. Ibu was denied remedy in each the US and India attributable to his medical situation, making it unsafe for him to journey by air.
Emeka, President of AGN, defined what prevented Mr. Ibu from searching for remedy at overseas medical establishments: “There was a time once we needed to fly Ibu overseas, however once we escalated the physician's referral and his prognosis, virtually all hospitals in India and America rejected him and mentioned whoever has this prognosis ought to fly to which nation subsequently can’t survive. ”
Previous to his dying, Mr Ibu's household had disclosed in November 2023 that the Nollywood veteran had undergone seven surgical procedures and as a final resort to maintain him alive, certainly one of his legs needed to be amputated.
Mr Ibu subsequently underwent a leg amputation in December and skilled critical issue talking.
His household initially deliberate to ship him overseas for additional remedy, however sadly he handed away earlier than that would occur.
