Veteran Actor appeals financial support to tackle stroke

 

Ameachi Muonagor, best known for his comedy roles has appealed for financial support from the public and well wishers to support him battle a stroke.

Speaking in a virtual video on Thursday night, Amechi disclosed that he had been experiencing a stroke for the past seven months, he  made an appeal to the public for financial help, explained how sorry he was not to let the general public know of it before now was because he thought he would handle is well.

The actor popularly known for playing a fatherly role in the movie Aki and Pawpaw Said: “I am sick, this thing that is called stroke caught up with me, and from there they rushed me to the hospital. The first hospital they rushed me to was in Nnewi, where I spent some two months and I was referred to teaching hospital Nnewi and here I am.

“In that set, I was with Emeka Ani, Patience Ozokwo, Rita Edochie, and Ebele Okaro, at the end of that moment, I was to enter my car when I was struck with this problem and since then it’s getting worse. Right now I cannot move, I can’t walk on my own. All my half of left is paralyzed, so it’s a problem to me.”

 “I’m so sorry I didn’t make it known to the public earlier, because I didn’t know it will last this long, but as it is now, I am calling on well-minded individuals to come to my assistance, to see how they can help me. Its  call paralysis, half of my body.” He said