Nollywood and entertainers in Nigeria have set up a GoFundMe me account to assist one of their own, Victor Olaotan who needs the sum of $50,000 for medical treatment Abroad.
Victor Olaotan who is a popular face on our screens, especially the star studded Television drama series Tinsel, is seeking financial assistance to receive medical treatment outside Nigeria in a bid to avert amputation of his legs, after a horrible accident in Lagos.
According to reports and the different social media post by his colleagues, Victor Olaotan has been receiving medical care since he was involved in a motor accident in October 2016. He was driving to a movie set when the accident took place around Apple Junction, in Festac, Lagos
A Gofundme account has also been opened to raise $50,000, about (N18.3 million).The fund is to enable him urgently undergo neuro-rehabilitation; a medical procedure designed to aid recovery from nervous system injury or disorders of the nervous system.
The Gofund account reads, “Victor Toye Olaotan has brought Joy to teeming viewers on stage, Television and the big screen through his solid work as a professional actor. For the last two years he has been incapacitated following an accident. Victor is still fighting and he has been advised to seek medical attention outside our Nigerian shores” we implore your help in raising the funds.
For the Naira account. Here is his wife’s info since he can’t go to the bank 0001101396 Stanbic bank. Julia Olaotan.”
As at press time, $6,608 of the $50,000 goal has been donated by 139 people in one day.