Veteran Nigerian musician, Innocent Onyebuchi, popularly known as Daddy Fresh has opened up about battling a prolonged illness with Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Kunle Afod.
This comes after Afod visited the veteran singer, and posted a video on his Facebook page on Wednesday, showing the ailing star on a hospital bed.
The actor’s caption read, “Daddy Fresh must not die – one of Nigeria’s finest artists is in a terrible condition.”
Dressed in a blue sleeveless top, the singer initially struggled to recognised Afod when he walked in. “Oba,” Daddy Fresh said faintly. “It’s Afod, Kunle Afod,” the actor responded.
Surprised, Daddy Fresh asked, “Na lie, how you take know say I dey here? You’re the last person I could think of. I was wondering if I was hallucinating again. Before now, there were times I looked for you but didn’t know how to get you. Afod, abi na you God send come?”
Explaining the condition of his health, Daddy Fresh revealed that he has been bedridden for over two and a half years, adding that the sickness has drained all his money.
“I started hallucinating, seeing people, those I know and those I don’t. I talk directly to them, but other people no dey see them. This one don too much o.
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“My kidney, my liver, neuropathy. Eyes, two of them get issues, I don operate on this one, e no dey see again. I no dey see you.
“Now, I need blood transfusion. I need to buy some pints of blood. They said they need that one immeidiately, like two or three packs of blood because my blood dey very low, 25%.
“If I stand up here now, I go fall, except somebody hold me. See my face, my knees, wounds because of falling, like a child that is learning how to walk,” Daddy Fresh added, revealing the severity of his health challenge.
The veteran musician added that he is also facing a possible eviction from his residential apartment, revealing his attempt to raise money for the rent wasn’t unsuccessful due to his condition.
Despite his ordeal, Daddy Fresh expressed hope that Afod’s unexpected visit signals positivity, “For me to see people wey I no expect to see like you, e don happen.”
After his narration, Afod gave the veteran some money and promised to make a public appeal for financial and moral support for the ailing musician.
“This is Daddy Fresh. If you know him. You will know what I am talking about. Very handsome. Lovely voice. This man was a fantastic music artist. He has been down with sickness for over three years. I just heard about it and I decided to go see him in the hospital.
“He said a lot of things and he was suspecting different kinds of people and areas that the sickness may have erupted from, but I just pray he recovers and gets well soon. This is not someone we need to forget.
“I am here to solicit and beg the world, beg Nigeria as a whole, and beg the entertainment industry as a whole. Daddy Fresh is not a name that we can say we cannot remember in the entertainment industry in Nigeria.
“We need your support. Nigerians, we need your support. Entertainers, the music industry, I am calling you people out. Please. Let’s keep him alive. I met him in a very, very bad state,” he said.
