NIGERIAN Actor, AMAECHI MUONAGOR collapse, suffers STROKE
‘I can’t move, I can’t walk on my own. Half of my left leg is paralyzed, so it is a problem for me …Nigerians help me financially, I don’t want to die, I am admitted at Teaching Hospital Nnewi’ plead in tears
*Developed sickness after movie set with Emeka Ani, Patience Ozokwo, Rita Edochie, Ebele Okaro
*BY SADE OLAYEMI/ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Senior Investigative Editor
THIS IS A TOUGH TIME FOR ACE NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, Amaechi Muonagor has he collapsed on the way back from a movie shooting, as he was about to enter his car. In tears, this actor is now begging the public for financial assistance over his medical misfortune after suffering a stroke.
In a tearful message, he tearfully begged fans and other entertainers to support him financially in these words: “I’m sick. This thing that is called stroke caught up with me, and from there, they rushed me to the hospital. The first hospital they rushed me to was in Nnewi, where I spent some two months, and I was referred to Teaching Hospital Nnewi and here I am.”
He said he was on a movie set with Emeka Ani, Patience Ozokwo, Rita Edochie, and Ebele Okaro and when he was “about to enter my car when I was struck with this problem and since then it has been getting worse.”
“Right now,” the thespian explained. “I can’t move. I can’t walk on my own. Half of my left leg is paralyzed, so it is a problem for me. I’m calling on well-minded individuals to come to my assistance to see how they can help me. It is paralysis, half of my body.”
His cry for help followed Mr. Ibu’s public plea for financial assistance after his hospitalization.
Muonagor has enjoyed a prolific career spanning several decades. His versatility allowed him to be cast in varied character roles, from comedy to drama. The world is praying for him.
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