God Brought Me Back – John Okafor Recounts Close Shave With Death
In a fresh interview with Vanguard, Mr Ibu has discussed the serious sickness that forced him to withdraw from public life for approximately three years.
He claimed that those who despise him were behind the weird illness that put him in the hospital. As you may remember, Ibu has previously claimed that his domestic employees poisoned him due to his prosperous job.
The Nollywood veteran and comic actor claimed it was God had restored him after ‘crossing to the other side.’ Okafor claimed that although his adversaries rejoiced at his illness and believed he wouldn’t survive, God granted him a second opportunity. He continued by saying that his illness had taught him a “big lesson.”
Mr Ibu said; “My illness was actually perpetrated by people that hate me. They did what they did to me. Later, I was taken to the hospital.
The doctors are prophets. So, they went into my system and they told me what was wrong and what they are going to do. I said ‘Whatever you are going to do, please, do it, let me live because if I die like this the enemies will laugh’. And then the doctors said ‘Okay, there’s no problem’.
“At the time, I didn’t know what happened. I left! So, whatever I was saying they recorded it. I was saying something like somebody who is going mad. I wasn’t actually seeing anybody. But on the other side where I was at that time, I was seeing some dead people.. God brought me back.”
Meanwhile, Mr Ibu earlier revealed that he longer eats food prepared by his wife, Stella Maris.
In response to a query on how having been poisoned in the past affected his relationships with individuals as well as in light of the recent problem with his wife, he made the revelation. After she argued with him and his adopted daughter, Jasmine Chioma, over claims that they were having an affair, Mr Ibu claimed he stopped eating her food.
He claimed that while he enjoys eating a lot, he now only eats food prepared by his daughter since he has lost trust in her.
The Nollywood veteran who has been married before said if he and Stella Maris end up getting divorced he won’t take another wife.
In his words; “I have landed properties, and about 10 cars. I see the women my wife is moving with as being greedy. They have eyes on my properties. They feel like if anything happens to me, my wife would be the one to get everything…
“Since the recent incident, my wife has been so loving. But, I know it is all a pretence just to get my attention. I still show her love, providing money for domestic needs and making sure the family is fine. But, I am very sceptical. I cannot eat her food anymore. For now, I only eat from Jasmine’s kitchen. She cooks a lot, and I like eating.”
