Veteran Nollywood actress Omotunde Ogundimu has shared the difficult reality of her health struggles, revealing that she has been battling cervical cancer since 2025.
The actress spoke about her condition during an interview with fellow actress Biola Adebayo on the “Talk to B” podcast, where she opened up about the physical pain she has been living with and why she finally decided to ask the public for help.
According to Ogundimu, she had tried to keep the situation private for as long as she could. She said her children have stood by her throughout the ordeal, using their own earnings to support her treatment, but the financial burden has become too much for the family to carry alone.
She also reflected on the personal losses she has endured over the years, including the death of her husband in 2012, leaving her to raise their three children on her own.
Speaking emotionally during the interview, she said:
“I’m going through severe pain. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I don’t know where I got it from. I don’t look for people’s trouble; I’m an easy-going person.
I have reached out to some people who have been of help. My children have also spent all they have. My children are now exhausting their income on me. They can no longer care for themselves, but I thank God for blessing me with my children. I had refused to seek help from the public, but as it is now, I don’t have any option other than to do it.
I know people will bully me and some will help me. I just have to cry out for help so that I can survive this deadly disease because I don’t have anything left. Nigerians, please have mercy on me. I just want to be healed. The pain is severe. I’m a single mother of three. I’m a widow. I lost my husband in 2012.
I don’t usually get jobs. I have called my colleagues in the industry to beg them for movie roles, but none of them did. Please, if I offended anyone in the industry, please forgive me. I use God to beg you. I beg you in the name of this profession to please forgive me if there’s anyone that I offended because it wasn’t like this before. I have been doing this job for 35 years,” she said.
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