Olumide Bakare cries out for help (Photos)

Olumide Bakare cries out for help (Photos)

- Olumide Bakare cries for financial help

- The veteran actor is diagnosed with heart and lung related disease

- He has been on admission since January 2

Olumide Bakare cries out for help (Photos)
Olumide Bakare on hospital bed

One of Nigeria's gifted and talented actors Olumide Bakare is crying out for help.

The veteran actor has been critically sick for a while now and reported to be in the intensive care unit of  (UCH) Ibadan since Saturday, January 2.

But his health condition is worsening and the medical situation has prompted him to call on good-spirited Nigerians to come to his aid financially.

Bakare is said to be suffering from lungs and heart related ailment and his bill has accrued that he cannot foot it again. He lamented that the debilitating ailment has inflicted a huge strain on his finance as he has spent over a million naira on his worsening health.

Bakare presently needs about thirty thousand naira daily for dialysis and he is asking Nigerians to come to his aid both financially and spiritually.

Olumide Bakare cries out for help (Photos)
Olumide Bakare

He cried out:  “This is beyond me; I can no longer handle this on my own. I need financial assistance. Help me to beg Nigerians to help me so that I will not die. I need their prayers to survive this.”

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Bakare has also asked Nigerians to assist him. Good spirited Nigerians willing to help him are to send their widow's mite to his ECOBANK account, account number A/C No. 3872003592, account name is Olumide Bakare.

Olumide Bakare became famous for his acclaimed role as Chief Koko in the rested TV series, Koko Close. He has been a regular feature in many Nollywood movies including Tunde Kelani’s Ma’ami.

On January 18, 2015, prominent Nollywood actor Muna Obiekwe passed away. Muna was reported to have died from kidney related disease that was not properly taken care of due to lack of funds.

Source: Legit.ng

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Sola Sanusi (Entertainment HOD) Sola Sanusi is the Head of the Entertainment Desk. She is an astute, veteran entertainment/lifestyle journalist with over two decades of experience in print and digital journalism. Sola has a degree in English from the University of Ilorin, Kwara state. She is a 2005 Celebrity Media Awards nominee and a 2012 Mother Drum Golden Awards Entertainment Writer Recognition recipient. 2025 Women in News: Global Leadership Accelerator fellow. She joined Legit.ng in 2015. Email: sanusi.bodunde@corp.legit.ng.