Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Recounts Near Death Experience, Counts Blessings

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Veteran Nollywood actress, singer and former model, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, is singing survival song after escaping a recent near death experience.

Omo-sexy as most of her fans choose to call her, took to the social media to reveal her ordeal while thanking God and urging her fans to join her in doing so.

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The mother of four in a video revealed how excruciating pain had forced her being rushed to the Emergency Room a record three times in one week, and how she ultimately underwent gallbladder surgery.

The video highlights captured her on a hospital bed in a wheelchair with IV drips and undergoing medical tests. Accompanying the video clips with a lengthy post, the multiple award winner narrated how she practically came face to face with death after doctors told her that submission most people dread to hear “there is nothing more we can do”

She wrote: “Happy Thanksgiving! Please join me as I thank God for life and good health.

“Have you been told by a doctor, ‘There’s nothing more we can do at this time,’ and you still feel like you’re dying? A read…”

According to the veteran, the pain intensified after she attended an academy viewing event for Gladiator II.

“All through the viewing, I could not sit up. I had already been rushed to the ER twice that week for intense acid reflux and high blood pressure,” she said. The third hospital visit revealed a critical condition with her gallbladder.

“The doctor said, ‘You have to go in immediately for surgery to remove your gallbladder!’ It was so dilated they wondered how I wasn’t in more pain,” she recounted.

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The actress took time to reflect on her journey, following the successful surgery.She further encouraged fans to be thankful for life and health.

“Not only the gift of life, but the gift of good health, a complete body, or a sane mind to even dream of a better day!”

Omotola who got married to a Pilot, Captain Matthew Ekeinde, in 1996, is one of the most decorated actresses in Africa.

She was included in TIME’s most influential people in the world in the 2013 list, and boasts of over 3million followers on Facebook.

The United Nations World Food Programme Ambassador who made her Nollywood debut as far back as 1995 has featured in over 300 films both within and outside Nollywood.

 

 

 

 

 

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Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.

Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.

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