Hospitalised veteran actor Olumide Bakare needs your donations to stay alive
By Timilehin Ajagunna
Ace radio/TV presenter Babajide Moronfolu says veteran actor Olumide Bakare, who has been hospitalised for a while, will need some money to stay alive.
Moronfolu made the revelation in a Facebook post which reads:
This is Olumide Bakare on his sick bed at UCH, Ibadan diagnosed of heart/Lungs disease, in his words to me ‘Jide Omo Moronfolu, agbara mi o ka mo o, ba mi be a won omo Nigeria mi won ran mi lowo pelu owo ati adura.’ Orisun TV has taken the lead, pls join in raising funds for this great fantastic actor, Chief Koko of Koko close,Olumide Bakare. A/C No. 3872003592. OLUMIDE BAKARE. ECOBANK.
The portion of the plea, written in Yourba language, means:
Jide Omo Moronfolu, I can no longer bear this alone. Help me appeal to my fellow Nigerians to help me with funds and prayer.
Bakare, an Ibadan-based actor and former NTA staff, is fondly called Chief Koko because of his role in TV series “Koko Close” back in the days.
Bakare has been battling ill-health since 2013.
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