One of the daughters of veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, Kira Taiwo, has claimed that some Nigerians are trying to take advantage of her father’s illness.
Naija News reports that the veteran actor is currently battling stage four cancer.
Speaking during a TikTok live session on Saturday, Kira said people offering to help were making financial demands.
“My father is a good father. Some people are even trying to make money with us in this whole situation. Fear God. This one will come and bring solution, ₦800 thousand, ₦5 million, 11,000 dollars, 18,000 dollars. Do you want to make us broke? We are not billionaires,” she said.
She said the family was not financially capable of meeting such demands, stressing that their priority was to find treatment for the actor.
She also disclosed that the situation was taking a toll on her own wellbeing.
“I want to check my BP; I am not okay too,” she said.
Kira said the actor’s illness had also deeply affected his brother, whom she referred to as her “big daddy”.
She said she learnt about her uncle’s reaction from a family group chat where relatives regularly discuss her father’s health.
“That was the video my big daddy saw, and on the group chat, where we always have our discussion about daddy’s health, I saw my cousin wrote something like, my big daddy was asking, ‘Is Taiye going to die?’” she said.
Kira said her father and his brother shared a particularly close relationship, making the situation difficult for everyone in the family
“My big daddy and my daddy, we are the children; we don’t even know who they love more. We don’t even know if it is we who are being or themselves. It is too much. My big daddy loves my daddy too much,” she said.
She said she was also worried about her uncle, adding that she believed he was struggling to cope with the situation.
“I am sure my big daddy is not okay; he is not fine. He is not fine. I don’t know,” Kira said.
The actor’s daughter said she had become withdrawn and avoided social media because she found it difficult to see pictures of her father while dealing with his illness.
“I don’t know how I will feel. I don’t even know how I will see the world again. If anything happens to my daddy… Please don’t think I am here to ask for sympathy or anything,” she said.
Kira said she had gone online to “cool off” but became emotional because of how deeply connected she was to her father.
“I am so connected to my daddy. Nothing can be okay, ever. He just wants the best for everybody. He just wants everybody to be okay,” she said.
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