“I Sold My Cars To Save Her From Cancer” – Lekan Olatunji Speaks On His Wife’s Death [Video]

Nigerian actor, Lekan Olatunji has opened up about the heartbreaking loss of his wife, Wunmi, to breast cancer.

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In September 2023, Lekan Olatunji shared the tragic news of his wife’s death on social media. The couple, who had three children, faced the devastating challenge of dealing with Wunmi’s illness.

During a recent interview on Biola Bayo’s show, Talk to B, the actor disclosed the financial sacrifices he made in an attempt to save his wife’s life.

He revealed that he had to sell two of his cars, amounting to a total of N4 million. Despite his efforts, the cancer had progressed significantly before they were even aware of its presence.

The actor said they discovered the cancer during a medical check-up when it was already affecting Wunmi’s spinal cord, leaving her unable to function normally.

Lekan Olatunji recounted the shocking reaction of the doctors who examined Wunmi, expressing astonishment that her body had not started deteriorating despite the advanced stage of the cancer.

He said; “When we came to Lagos for the check-up, we didn’t even see any Nigerians, they were like apprentices there. Indians were the ones operating the machines.

From there we were given the result and when we saw the result, it was cancer. But instead of reacting in her body, it hit her spinal cord. That was why she couldn’t walk again. Cancer of the bre*st, she just had something little there, but it wasn’t paining her.

When I questioned her about it, she said she told her Matron and she said it was due to family planning and it wasn’t paining her truthfully. It wasn’t reacting in her body at all.

Even the doctors that examined her said her body ought to have started decaying, at the level that it was. They said we were going to do 2 urgent surgeries worth N12.5million.

In her presence, she looked at me and started crying. I said don’t worry, I went outside and started crying. 12.5m, where will I see it? So the whole family had to be involved because we couldn’t hide it anymore.

We were about to fly her out, but unfortunately, we didn’t get a Visa on time. Because the family head said we should bring her over to America, and the expenses will be deducted from his salary. If we don’t do the first operation to correct the spinal cord, she won’t be able to walk again. I sold two of my cars for 4 million.

The first surgery we did was 5.8million, everything we spent was about N7.8million in Lagos and she was there for like two weeks”.