Veteran Nollywood actress Omotunde Ogundimu has revealed that she is battling cervical cancer, opening up about her health struggles and appealing to Nigerians for financial support to continue her treatment.
The actress made the emotional disclosure during an interview with fellow actress Biola Adebayo on the Talk to B podcast, where she said she has been living with the disease since 2025. She also shared that she has been raising her three children alone since the death of her husband in 2012.
Ogundimu said the illness has taken a heavy toll on her family, revealing that her children have spent all they have trying to keep her alive.
“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.”
The actress also claimed that she has struggled to secure acting roles in recent years despite spending over three decades in the movie industry. She appealed to her colleagues for forgiveness if she had offended anyone, saying she believes she has been sidelined.
“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.”
