Nollywood veteran, Zack Orji in an interview with newsmen on Sunday has recalled his ordeal that he had slumped in the bathroom, leading to a critical medical emergency.
Orji said upon receiving the news, his wife, who was in Lagos at the time, flew to Abuja and on January 1st, the first surgery was performed by a neurosurgeon, Dr.Biodun Ogungbo.
But, a month later, after scans revealed a residual blood clot, Orji underwent a second surgery performed by Dr. Ogungbo.
Meanwhile, Orji received support from prominent figures, including the President of Nigeria, the President’s wife, the Vice President’s wife, the President’s son, and various ministers.
He said, “But in all of it, I’m grateful to God Almighty and I’m also grateful to so many people who stepped in. The President of Nigeria, the First Lady, the wife to the Vice President, the President’s son, the Minister for Women’s Affairs, the Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, the Minister for Works, and a whole lot of other people.
“I was receiving calls from South Africa, from the UK, from the US. Some of them were willing to, they were asking me, how can we help? How can we be of assistance? So it was overwhelming the way people responded to the whole thing,” Orji said.
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