Stella Maris Okafor, wife of actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu, has revealed that she was manipulated to say that the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) did not help her husband.
Stella said this in an Interview with actor Uche Maduagwu on Monday when he visited her husband at the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.
“I need to apologise to AGN people, my people I am so sorry about all those things, I was manipulated to say all those things, yes, I was manipulated because I know when Kate Henshaw came, we were all in the ICU,” Stella maris said in parts.
Mr Ibu’s health struggles made the news in October when a video of the actor soliciting for help was released on his official page.
The movie star celebrated his 63rd birthday in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos on Tuesday, October 17.
He revealed in a video posted on Instagram on a Wednesday that he needed financial support so his leg would not be amputated.
On October 21, it was reported that the Bukola Saraki Foundation had paid the medical bills of ailing actor.
This happened after Ibu’s wife put up a video, claiming that the Actors Guild of Nigeria lied about helping her husband, the statement was immediately debunked by the guild’s director of communications Kate Henshaw who insisted that the guild has been supporting Mr Ibu.
