Nollywood filmmaker, Toyobo facing leg amputation, begs for support

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Ailing TV producer, actor and script writer, Segun Oke, fondly called Toyobo has cried out for help following his bad health condition.

The actor, who is in urgent need of public support for an urgent operation told the Nation he needs $20,000 for a medical trip to 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 programme.

“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.
Just recently, legendary Nollywood actor, Tunde Alabi, had his right leg amputated at the Lagos General Hospital.