Veteran Nollywood actor of Village Headmaster fame, Tunde Alabi, who has been battling complications from diabetes at the Lagos General Hospital, has had his right leg amputated yesterday. According to the veteran actor’s colleague, Paul Julius, who is at present solely taking care of him, Aas I speak with you, the amputated leg has just been taken to the mortuary. But our major concern right now is where he will return to as his home. Right now, he has no family, no friend that can take him in. He is homeless. Our effort to reach the governor of Lagos State, his home state, has only proven partially successful as nothing definitive has come out of it. The governor knows Uncle Tunde and will be willing to help but, bureaucratic bottlenecks have not helped matters.”
While appealing for help, Paul Julius added that: “So sad! Our veteran actor’s leg has finally been amputated. I have laboured through thick and thin to save the life of Uncle Tunde and assisted by the indefatigable Chairman of Actors Guild of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, Mr. Don Pedro Aganbi, and through the contributions of a few spirited colleagues and fans. We were only able to manage to keep him alive, but not with his full body as our once vibrant Uncle Tunde lost his right foot today (yesterday) at General Hospital, Lagos, to Diabetes Mellitus. Now, he is faced with another battle for survival; expensive drugs required to heal the amputated leg, no home to return, no money to afford one as his ailment had taken up his entire finances. We have done our best. We are calling people to assist him by just putting something into his account. No matter how small.” Name: TUNDE OBAFEMI ALABI; Account number: 0005647181 (Unity Bank Plc).
