Former presidential aide Doyin Okupe has waded into the announcement by actress Kemi Afolabi that she had been diagnosed with lupus.
Kemi broke the internet last week when she announced that doctors told her she had only five years to live. Many of her colleagues quickly gave her support.
In an open letter, however, Okupe described the doctors’ reports as “a lie of the devil.”
“My dear Kemi, I read about your affliction with Lupus with much compassion. I was, however, saddened by your announcement that doctors told you that you have about five years to live. This is untrue. It is a lie of the devil,” the co-founder of Royal Cross Medical Centre said.
Okupe, who has declared interest in running for president, noted that truly the ailment is incurable, but there are “recorded cases of inexplicable complete remissions.”
“Please entrust your treatment and medical care to your doctors but your length of days is totally in the hands of your creator the Almighty God who is mightier than any disease and greater than any doctor,” he told the Modorisa actress.
Okupe, who served two presidents – Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan – as spokesman, noted that he knows people who have been living with Lupus for 10 years.
“They take their treatments faithfully but rely on God exclusively. Put your trust in God and Jesus, whose name is above everything including Lupus, and you will receive mercy as I have received personally and others too,” he said.
