Ngozi Orji, the wife of ailing Nollywood star Zack Orji, has denied collecting public funds for her husband.
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When the Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, visited her husband in the hospital, it was claimed that Ngozi sought financial assistance from the public.
In response to the report, Ngozi denied soliciting for money to care for the injured actor in an interview with TheCable.
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She said, “Really? For where na? Who did I tell that one? I don’t remember granting such an interview to anybody. It is well. Please, I never said anything.”
Glamsquad reports that Orji was rushed to the national hospital on December 29 2023, after he reportedly slumped in his toilet.
Speaking on Wednesday after her visit, the minister of art, culture, and creative economy, Hannatu Musawa, revealed that the actor underwent brain surgery.