Mr. Ibu survives five surgeries, family confirms health improvement

Family of veteran Nollywood actor, John Okafor aka Mr. Ibu, have expressed unshaken gratitude to God and to the public who have supported the medical fee of the actor and also for their heartfelt prayers towards the ailing actor.

They admitted to the good usage of the money sent to aid the speed recovery of the comic actor.

According to the family, Mr. Ibu has undergone five successful surgeries and is currently in the process of recovery in the ICU.

They emphasised the necessity for further financial support to transport the actor overseas for advanced medical treatment once he quickly stabilizes in the hospital.

Mr Ibu’s family wrote: “Update On Daddy (Mr IBU) We want to thank God and most especially the General public for their support, encouragement, and prayers doing this trying period for our dad. We called on Good Nigerians and we are very grateful for the response in every aspect most especially the donations, it came in very timely and very helpful.

“So far daddy has gone through 5 successful surgeries, and he is still recovering in the ICU. Daddy is immensely grateful and we are thankful to the general public during this phase of our lives.

“We appreciate all the donations made to this account, and soon as daddy is better he will personally acknowledge all donations respectively ! We are still counting on all your prayers and unwavering support as we pray he gets stabilized quickly to enable us fly him abroad for further advances treatment.. The John Okafor family is grateful to all Nigerians.”