A new report detailing how Nollwood Star
Actor, Muna Obiekwe actually died has
surfaced online.
In a chat with ICampus, actress Vera Kanu who
was a mother figure to the late actor,
disclosed that he discovered his kidney problem
a long time ago but like most people, he
thought he could manage it.
According to her, he ignored the pain and
continued working without paying much
attention. He only took his drugs and
medication once in a while as ‘Muna never
believed the ailment could lead to his death.
He believed he would survive it like he did the
gunshot and death of his parents. He was not
a man given to worrying about things.
He
believed it was not a coincidence his parents
named him Munachimso, a name which means
God is walking with me.’
The kidney problem persisted and Muna was
eventually forced to seek the help of a doctor
in a Lagos. The doctor gave him a ray of hope.
He assured Muna that his worst fear of Kidney
transplant might not happen if only he could
do up to 20 dialyses.
“I was with him to the last hour. He was to do
up to 20 dialyses; the doctor said if the
dialysis improved his condition, the worse would
certainly be over. He will be okay only if he
stays away from alcohol but you know our
artiste,” she concluded.
Another source told the online news portal
that “the dialysis was expensive for Muna. He
was doing two in a week sometimes.
And he
would need blood injection on each occasion.
Each appointment was costing him between
N250, 000 to N300, 000; money he did not
really have to spend. His health was eating
deep into his purse yet Muna refused to go
cap in hand begging for alms. He was a private
guy who didn’t want the press or his
colleagues to feast on his pain, and cast
aspersions on Nollywood’s industry of beggars’.
Vera, his godmother corroborated the point.
“He was managing it on his own. As a matter
of fact, he has been managing it for a while
until Ejiro Okurame and I came on board to
help. We were combining resources to help him
but there was very little we could do to save
him. We had to enlist the help of Patience
Ozokwor and Kanayo O. Kanayo (KOK) at a
point. They rendered the help they could until
he died.
“The guy was private. He kept to himself a lot
and most importantly, kept his private life
private; for instance, many people did not
even know he was married with two children.
Such was his life. He didn’t want press or his
colleagues to start prying. He was particularly
afraid of the press, hence his shutting his
colleagues out of his pain. He knew if some
Nollywood people got to know about it, the
press would also get to know. He refused to
beg to save Nollywood’s image, he in-turn, lost
himself.”
Further more, it was reported that he was a
chain smoker and heavy drinker.
Despite his
condition, it was revealed he was still
consuming alcohol on a regular basis.
“Everybody in the industry knows Muna drinks
a lot; even when he’s shooting in the North, he
has a way of finding alcohol. He fell into it,
after he lost his parents in a ghastly motor
accident. ‘As a matter of fact, he was
supposed to be in that car with them but by
stroke of luck, he wasn’t and was spared.
Afterwards, Muna took solace in liquor but
that never affected his job. He was just like
Sam Loco; he could drink the whole sea but
when he hears the director shout ‘action,’ he
gets into character. Muna was a method
character despite his flaws’’ a source tod the
online portal.
Speaking on the drinking habit despite his
ailment, his godmother, Vera Kanu said ‘It’s
not like he drinks heavily like you guys said.
He drank but not as you are putting it. Muna
even called me during the holiday that he is
now okay and ready to work so I should start
bringing jobs because I was his producer. I told
him thank God and that I would start as long
as he does not do what the doctor told him not
to do, which was drinking. The problem came
back and he has been on it since then till he
died.”
May his soul rest.
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