Comic Nollywood actor, Charles Inojie, has revealed his
encounter with his colleague, John Okafor, also known as Mr Ibu
Inojie, accompanied by another colleague, actress Chinyere
Wilfred, recently visited Mr Ibu in his private ward in the ICU at Ever Care,
where he is receiving treatment.
Mr. Ibu was amputated penultimate week ago.
Speaking after visiting the bedridden actor for the first
time in the hospital, Inojie said emotion betrayed him.
“I felt a mad rush of hot tears welling up beneath my
quivering eyelids. I quickly turned away for fear my animal weakness was
threatening to have the better of me, but too late. Ibu was crying, too!”
Inojie said.
Charles Inojie praised Ibu’s sense of humor despite his
health condition.
He wrote, MR IBU… THE INDOMITABLE HUMORIST!
“I never thought I would ever be able to relate this chapter
of my encounter with Mr Ibu on his sick bed because I had this funny feeling
that it had the potential of making light of a very dire situation as his
condition presented. Well, the enigmatic humour monger himself, Ali Baba, has
given me a soft landing to go ahead.
“I walked into his private ward in the ICU in the company of
Chinyere Wilfred at whose behest we made the journey to Ever Care where he is
being treated. We had just finished from a set, and she suggested that we take
the opportunity to visit Ibu. With us were Jasmine, Mrs Ibu, and a woman I
believe is her friend.
“As soon as we stepped into the room, his eyes lit up, and
he retorted:
IBU: “Idiot, what are you doing here?”
ME: “Mumu, why you carry your leg go give mallam to dey
cut?”
IBU: “I get sense?”
“He would go on to quibble a few friendly banters with
Chinyere. In fact, suffice to say that if a total stranger walked into that
room that minute, he would never be able to tell who, indeed, was the patient.
“From one joke to the other, Ibu literally entertained us.
For a moment, i peered into his eyes as if searching for the secret of his
willpower, and again, he levelled me out.
“IBU: “You dey pity for me? No fear, the doctor say I go fit
still use the leg later, even though some betta-betta meat don commot for the
leg.”
“You could never stop wondering where he got the strength
under such agonising pain to exude such positive energy so effortlessly.
“Then came the moment. I picked his hands from his sides and
held them tightly as I muttered,
“Let’s pray.”
“We gazed intently at each other and connected on the fading
highways of nostalgia, and upon the instance, I felt a mad rush of hot tears
welling up beneath my quivering eyelids. I quickly turned away for fear my
animal weakness was threatening to have the better of me, but too late. Ibu was
crying, too!
“We prayed and cried freely and came to, unconsoled. He
wiped his eyes as I did mine, and out of the blues, the Ibu in him reared its
head again.
IBU: “Idiot, you go dey cry. Wetin dey beat you?”
ME: “Mumu, you no cry?”
IBU: “Na as I see you dey cry, na him I say make I support
you na.”
“The two delectable nurses tending him laughed and laughed,
and you could tell that Ibu made their jobs so very easy with his ebullient
mien.
“I left his ward with one of life’s vital lessons running
through my mind… WHOEVER CAN MUSTER THE WILLPOWER TO SURVIVE IN THE FACE OF
ANGUISH AND LIFE THREATENING PAIN, CAN DEFEAT DEATH EVEN IN THE MOST FIERCESOME
BATTLE.
“May God Almighty grant Ibu a speedy recovery,” Inojie
prayed.
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Ibu na man. I pray God will heal him completely. We miss him on our screens.
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