Kira Taiwo, daughter of veteran actor Taiwo Hassan, has raised concerns about people approaching the family with expensive treatment offers while they are trying to find help for her father.
Kira said some of those offering treatment appear to assume that the family can afford whatever amount they demand simply because her father is a well-known actor. She said that is not the case and pleaded with people not to take advantage of the family at such a difficult time.
During a TikTok livestream, she said:
“My father is a good father. Some people are even trying to make money with us in this whole situation. Fear God. This one will come and bring solution, N800k, N5m, 11,000 dollars, N18,000 dollars. Do you want to make us broke? We are not billionaires,” she said.
The family is currently looking for someone who can help Ogogo with his treatment. Kira said hospitals had told them they could no longer continue his chemotherapy, leaving them desperate for other options.
Rather than simply asking for money, she appealed to anyone with access to effective cancer treatment to come forward and help her father.
“What I’m here for, what I’m here for is that if you can treat my daddy, if you can start chemo for him, whether it’s medical or herbs, please, I’m begging you, guys, I’m begging you, any help, anything, anybody that you know that can treat cancer, please, please, I’m begging you,” she said.
Her sister, Lima Taiwo, also said the family only became aware of the seriousness of their father’s condition about three weeks ago.
Kira said watching her father suffer has been particularly painful for the family. She also spoke about how difficult the situation has been for his brother, whom she described as being very close to him.
She said she had never seen her father experience that level of pain before.
“He’s saying that he doesn’t want to d+e. Please, I’ve never seen my daddy in that kind of pain before”, she added.
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