Popular Yoruba actress, Kudirat Odukanmi Eluyemi aka Iyabo Oko, has
opened up on the ailment she has been battling with since June 2016. The
Ibadan based actress was diagnosed with partial stroke and after
spending weeks at a hospital called 68, inside Army Barrack in Yaba area
of Lagos, the actress was flown to UK for proper treatment.
And after suffering through very tough times in the UK hospital, her
eldest child took her away to his base in India where she eventually got
her health restored.
One year after the ordeal started, Iyabo Oko, who has lost a lot of
weight, has opened up on how the ailment came about and how she overcame
the problems in a recent interview with City People’s Gbolahan Adetayo.
She said, “
I thank God almighty for sparing my life till
this moment. The devil tried his best but God showed him that He is
truly Alfa and Omega. What happened was that, that very day, after I
woke up from my sleep very early in the morning and I attempted to talk,
I just found out that I couldn’t talk any longer and I was told it was a
partial stroke. I was taken to a hospital and I was treated, the
doctors really tried their best. The hospital is called 68 Military
Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. They tried their best but I couldn’t just talk
for months but I still give glory to God that I can now talk properly.
The funny thing is that, I was not paralyzed; my legs and hands were
effective, just that I couldn’t talk. I first spent 2 weeks at the
hospital and when I got home, it started again and I returned to the
hospital. I visited the hospital like 3 times. Kemi Afolabi and Sikiratu
Sindodo even saw me because she brought her grandma to the same
hospital. Kemi was weeping when she saw me, she took good care of me and
she also gave me money. She also said I shouldn’t drown myself in
excessive thinking because many have suffered the same ailment and they
are nowhere to be found today. After many trials at the hospital, I
could still not talk, I was discharged and my son came back from abroad,
he rushed me to UK and I spent like one month. I was at home but
doctors were coming to treat me. He employed a therapist and after a
month, I started talking and my son finally took me to India where
everything was perfected. I spent 7months in India receiving treatment
at home. I give glory to God almighty that I am now okay. I do exercises
frequently, I go out and I do all things, the only difference you will
notice about me now is that I am not as agile as I used to be. I have
lost a lot of weight and I love it like that because I now keep fit. I
was so scared during those trying periods because there were several bad
news coming from the industry. You hear different stories about
Nollywood stars which were adding more to the illness I was already
suffering from. But thank God, Jesus conquered for me.”
The actress is convinced that some ‘evil’ people were behind her health challenge, as she insisted that it was an attack.
“
It
was an attack because I haven’t experienced such ailment before. I
wasn’t paralyzed though but I couldn’t talk at all. Even at 68 Hospital,
they advised me to be careful because of the way I abuse people in my
movies. They asked me if I will still continue abusing people, they
didn’t even believe that I will live again because I was in very bad
condition. I am thanking God that I can still talk again… I am alive and
bouncing. Though, I was very sick but God has raised me again, I am fit
here in India. I am okay, I am just having my rest now and I am coming
back soon,” she said.
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