Nollywood actress Sikiratu Sindodo has opened up on her battle with strange illness.
In an interview with Oyinmomo TV, she said the sickness started as malaria and gradually worsened. She said she was taken from one hospital to another.
She said the sickness lasted for months and at some point, she was in a coma, and the doctor told her mum she had a 50/50 chance of survival. Sikiratu said the doctors even told her mother to go home.
“It started as malaria/typhoid, and became worse with time. She said she was taken to different hospitals,
I was sick like someone who had malaria. Malaria/typhoid, that was it, and that was how it started gradually. From one General Hospital to another. I can’t remember how long it lasted. I think it lasted for months because I was in a coma and was given a 50/50 chance. My mum was even told to go home”.
While speaking on her trials, Sikiratu, who said she didn’t want to get emotional, asserted that God truly answers prayers
“God answered a lot of prayers in my life. God has been faithful because I don’t want to be emotional”.
She also addressed reports of her and MC Oluomo, saying the noise about them was too much.
“The noise was too much. I didn’t know the noise would be that much”.
While celebrating her 49th birthday in February, the actress revealed that she wouldn’t be acting her age, despite getting older.
For her 47th birthday in 2023, Tayo expressed gratitude to her creator for keeping her alive. She said her birthday was an occasion worth celebrating as she was happy to be alive and believed she would be alive to witness her next birthday.
In 2022, while celebrating her 46th birthday, the Yoruba actress revealed some of her traits, saying she‘s a true and great lover, secretly wild and cr@zy as well as the sweetest if treated well.
To mark her birthday, her friends and colleagues surprised her with a birthday party. Tayo almost left the event but was held back by her friends as she shed tears at the show of love.
In other news, filmmaker and actress Funke Akindele recalled how Iyabo Ojo and Sikiratu Sindodo had impacted her humble beginnings. She spoke about how Sikiratu borrowed her clothes for her to look classy and presentable on sets and how she returned devastated. She noted how Iyabo stood up for her until many in the industry noticed her.