Shocking Revelations About Ailing Olumide Bakare’s N7m Fundraising

The unfolding drama about the state of health of popular Yoruba

actor, Olumide Bakare and the N7million Nigerians are raising to care

for him has taken a new twist as shocking angles to the story

emerged on Saturday.

Investigations by Greennews.ng ‘s team revealed on Saturday that

the actor is indeed in hospital, quite ill. However, an extensive chat

with the managing doctors at the University Teaching Hospital (UCH),

Ibadan and doctors in charge of his (Olumide’s) treatment revealed

that his ailment, though critical, did not require immediate surgical

attention as Nigerians were made to believe.

According to the medical practitioners, Bakare is suffering from two

distinct ailments; pulmonary embolism and Aortic aneurysm.

According to our in-house medical specialist and writer, Dr. O,

“Pulmonary embolism is a condition that occurs when the blood

vessel carrying blood from the heart to the lungs gets blocked

(usually by blood clots). The condition can be life threatening.

“And Aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the aorta (the main blood vessel

carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body). It is caused by

weakening of the walls of the blood vessel. If this bulge bursts, it

could lead to severe internal bleeding that may eventually lead to

death.”

 

The first ailment, treatment of which is critical to his survival at the

moment, could be resolved either with drugs or surgery. The doctors

at UCH say they are exploring the first option and Greennews.ng

exclusively gathered that the actor is not listed among patients up

for the theatre at surgical section of the hospital.

Some of his doctors who also spoke with Greennews.ng said the

amount needed for his treatment to be concluded was around

N200,000. They however explained that for his other ailment, Aortic

aneurysm, he would have to be flown abroad for a special surgery

but that they say is not immediately.

The mess hit the fan late on Friday night after Best Of Nollywood

(BON), one of the organizations that helped with fundraising for the

actor, pulled out saying it doubted the sincerity of the actor on the

amount being asked for.

When Greennews.ng spoke with ace entertainment journalist and

founder of BON, Seun Oloketuyi on Saturday, he confirmed that his

organisation withdrew because it uncovered that the amount being

sought after by Bakare was way above what the doctors required for

his treatment.

 

“We pulled out because we discovered from his doctors that he was

not as ill as he claimed. It all started when we got a call from his

image maker who told us of his state of health, and as a caring

organisation, we did what we could to help.

“But when we found out the truth, and we did not want to be

accused of scamming Nigerians when people like you

(Greennews.ng) start investigating, so we pulled out and wrote our

story as a disclaimer. We have no fight with him whatsoever. We

just told the truth to avoid soiling our own name.”

When Greennews.ng queried him on why the situation was not

investigated initially before Nigerians were asked to donate, Oloketuyi

stated that they did not expect such a daredevil move from someone

like Bakare.

“We did not expect a 70-year-old man to do such a thing,” he said.

“We have already raised N3.2million for him, and he would have got

another 3million on Monday had we not found out. His doctors said

though he was ill, he is already getting better and could be released

soon. You can see that in our

report.”

Greennews.ng investigations and the chat with Oloketuyi above

confirmed that Olumide Bakare really is sick. What remains unclear is

the reason behind the raising of millions of naira in funds for his

treatment when he appears at the moment to need way lesser than

the amount being asked for.

Is it because a fellow actor Pa Kasumu, who recently fell ill, was able

to get multi-million naira aid for his treatment and even got a new

house from concerned Nigerians and fans and he (Bakare) just wants

to play on the intelligence of his loving fans and caring Nigerians for

his own material gains. Or is it because he (Bakare) is keeping the

money safe for the future (maybe near or far) when, as his doctors

at UCH have predicted, he might need further extensive medical

attention?

Greennews.ng has no answers to these questions as yet because

efforts to speak with Bakare have proved abortive as his phone was

picked up by an aide on the first call. A second call to his phone

after 30minutes as requested was also picked up by the same aide

who said he (Bakare) was still receiving medical attention from his

doctors.

Greennews.ng will bring you the answers and other details from this

unfolding saga when we get through to Bakare.

Culled From greennews.ng