Veteran Actor Taiwo Hassan Reflects on 7‑Year Battle with Illness

- Ogogo, a veteran Nollywood actor, has shared his seven-year battle with a mysterious illness.
- Veteran Yoruba actor shares seven-year experience of praying while sitting and eating only pap, describing it as a terrible period in his life.
- Taiwo recounted experiencing varied treatment in various locations, while Ogogo stated he could only visit movie locations and never sold any properties.
Veteran Nollywood actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has shared a heartbreaking account of his seven-year struggle with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed his life.
Speaking in an interview with Oyinmomo TV, the celebrated Yoruba film star revealed that during that difficult period, he could only eat pap and had to pray while seated due to weakness and pain. He described the experience as one of the most harrowing chapters of his life.
“For a good seven years, I prayed while sitting, and I couldn’t eat anything except pap. It was a terrible period of my life. When I started collecting different kinds of treatments and going from place to place, I thanked both mën and women. The only thing I couldn’t do then was go to locations often, and I never sold any properties.”
He also recalled the moment he thought he wouldn’t make it and even went as far as discarding his “Mecca teeth” a symbolic gesture of surrender to fate.
The actor’s revelation has sparked an outpouring of sympathy and admiration from fans, many of whom praised his resilience and quiet strength throughout the ordeal.
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