Another ailing Nollywood TV producer, actor, Segun Oke,
otherwise known as, Toyobo has revealed he needs $20, 000 urgently for an
operation in India. This follows a relapse of previous operations of leg
injuries sustained in an auto accident in 2003.
The entertainment practitioner said, “In October 3, 2000, I
had an accident that has left me bed-ridden and taken me away from my source of
livelihood. My 18-passenger commuter bus had rammed into a trailer at about
7.30pm around Berger Long Bridge on the Lagos Ibadan expressway, while
attempting an over-take on that fateful day.
“I was on my way to Ibadan to cover an event for a Fuji
artiste when the incident happened. I woke up in a hospital along with several
other passengers to find out that my two legs had been badly affected.
“Unfortunately, the accident happened when doctors were on
strike, hence I couldn’t get immediate adequate attention. After three days in
the hospital, my legs began to rot and I had to be taken to an unorthodox
bone-setter’s, where I spent six months before I was discharged.
“In 2013, I met my managing director, Slot Systems, Nnamdi
Ezeigbo, who funded my trip to India for surgery on both legs. One of the legs
did not get back in shape even after the operation and I have been managing it
since then. Two years after, the legs have started swelling again. I am unable
to go out again. For the past three months, I have not been able to continue
with my progamme.
“My doctor, Dr. Arora of Columbia Asia Hospital, New Delhi,
told me in India that it is better for the legs to be amputated and I could be
using prosthesis, but the fund was not enough.
“At the moment, the pain is killing and I have decided to
accept my fate and have the legs amputated. I am left with only two options:
undergo another bone grafting operation urgently or amputate the leg and affix
an artificial limb,” he added, as he pleaded for well-meaning Nigerians to come
to his aid.
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