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Children beg for help as Yoruba actor, Ogogo, battles cancer

The children of veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, have called on Nigerians to help their father, who they said is battling stage-four cancer. The two kids, his daughters, also disclosed that the hospitals they‘ve approached so far for treatment turned him down. The daughters, Lima and Kira Taiwo, made separate emotional […] The post Children beg for help as Yoruba…

Veteran Yoruba actor Ogogo, also known as Taiwo Hassan, is battling stage four cancer, according to his two daughters Lima and Kira. The children, in separate emotional Instagram appeals, urged Nigerians and medical professionals to help their father. Lima revealed that despite the hospitals turning him away, the family had only discovered the severity of his condition three weeks ago.

Kira added that her father's cancer stage was four and hospitals were unwilling to provide chemotherapy again. The actress' daughters emphasized that their appeal was for medical intervention, not financial aid. They acknowledged the support they received from a relative during this crisis.

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