Ailing Actor Ernest Asuzu Opens up On Why Resorted to Begging Without Shirt in Lagos

Popular actor, Ernest Asuzu, who’s currently making headlines after a video where he went shirtless to beg for help on the streets of Lagos surfaced online, has come out to defend his action.

The actor, who starred alongside Jim Iyke, in some Nollywood movies, said he went shirtless not because he was mentally derailed, but because he needed help for his medical condition.

In a new video clip, Asuzu said he deliberately removed his shirt so that Nollywood practitioners would feel his pain. He also solicited financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians to enable him to take care of his medical bills. Asuzu is currently down with a stroke. He went public with the illness about six years ago.

Days back, a man who identified himself as John Louis on Instagram shared a video of the actor where he was shirtless and begging for alms on the streets of Lagos.

The actor was barely recognizable in the video. Mr. Louis said he found the actor begging for alms on the streets of Oke-Afa in Isolo, Lagos.

The actor could also be seen in the video nodding in affirmation. Asuzu also looked dazed and disoriented in the video. “So we are calling on Nollywood to come and assist their member. It is not only to act the film, but this guy also cannot even walk,” Mr. Louis said in the video.

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Posted: at 29-01-2020 09:02 AM (4 years ago) | Addicted Hero

I don't know why Nollywood actors and actresses hate themselfs so much that they can't help u even if u are diein
An example of a wicked comouflage person is Okay bakassi I can't forget the way he embarrassed me in lagos 2015

Posted: at 29-01-2020 11:32 AM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

What ever job you are doing, take a health and hospitalisation insurance. This will help you in time of need. The problem with some people in the entertainment industry is that they like to show off with cars, houses, boats even if it don't belong to them. All this things can be bought on credit, why the nonsense showoff. An organisation like Nollywood should help a member who paid his/her dues to the union.

Posted: at 29-01-2020 05:21 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac

This update is in inconclusive. Where is his wife, the Toyota Jeep and his benefactor (I mean pastor).

Posted: at 29-01-2020 08:11 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac