Actor and filmmaker Kunle Afod has solicited financial support for veteran musician Innocent Onyebuchi popularly known as Daddy Fresh, who is battling a prolonged illness.
Afod posted a video on Instagram showing Daddy Fresh in a hospital bed, struggling to recognise him.
The musician revealed he’s been bedridden for over two years, suffering from kidney and liver issues, neuropathy and vision problems.
“I have been bedridden for two and half years now, 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.
“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“, he said.
Daddy Fresh expressed dire financial situation, stating he’s facing eviction from his house and needs urgent blood transfusions also.
“I have a few days in my house because of the rent. I have to move on to where I don’t know. Them don give me quit notice. Shebi na who dey okay go know where he go sell one or two things to use pay but I no sabi do am but I wan close eye sell, even if na my television,” he said.
Afod appealed for financial and moral support, urging Nigerians and the entertainment industry to help 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.
