Veteran Nollywood actress Omotunde Ogundimu has revealed that she has been battling cervical cancer since 2025, opening up about the severe pain she has endured and her decision to seek public support.
Speaking during an interview on actress Biola Adebayo’s Talk to B podcast, Ogundimu said she kept her diagnosis private for a long time, hoping to manage the situation without asking for help.
She explained that her three children have stood by her throughout the illness, using their earnings to fund her treatment, but the financial burden has become overwhelming.
The actress also reflected on the challenges she has faced since losing her husband in 2012, saying she has raised their three children alone as a widow.
Appealing for help, 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.”
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