Children seek help as Nollywood actor battles stage 4 cancer
Veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, is battling stage 4 cancer as his children appeal for medical assistance amid his worsening condition. His daughter, Shaki Taiwo, made the appeal in a video shared via her Instagram account, @kira_taiwo, on Monday night. Taiwo said treatment was stopped because the condition had worsened and […]
Veteran Nigerian Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, widely known as Ogogo, is currently battling stage 4 cancer, with his children urgently seeking medical assistance due to his deteriorating health. His daughter, Shaki Taiwo, made a desperate appeal on her Instagram account, @kira_taiwo, on Monday night, stating that treatment options had been exhausted and chemotherapy was no longer viable.
She urged medical professionals and traditional healers to step in and offer their expertise, emphasizing that the family was seeking any possible treatment to save their father, who is in immense pain and does not want to die. Haleemah, Ogogo's second daughter, disclosed in a separate Instagram post via her account, @limataiwo_, that the family only discovered his cancer diagnosis three weeks ago.
Hassan is a renowned Yoruba actor with a decade-long career spanning both Nigerian film and theater.
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