Popular veteran actor John Ikechukwu Okafor aka Mr Ibu, has testified of the goodness of God over his life.
The actor was battling an ailment which bloated his stomach due to alleged poisoning by his kinsmen.
In May 2022, on the occasion of their wedding anniversary, the actor’s wife, Stella informed he had been readmitted in the hospital prior for food poisoning.
In April, the 61-year-old confirmed that he was back stronger after being poisoned for the third time in about three years.
Speaking with Vanguard in an interview, Mr Ibu claimed his travails were orchestrated by haters bent on ending his life.
But he thanked God for restoring his health, announcing he was fully back on his feet and already shooting a movie after being away for so long.
He said,
“Everything that happened to me was actually perpetuated by people who hated me. A lot happened to me that time.
“I don’t have any brain anything. They actually said that I’m partially mad then. How I go crase? I dey craze?!
“They were all happy when they heard I was in the hospital and their hope is that I’m not coming back. But God is good.
“After a while, I was off. But I’m back now. I’m back fully in the industry. I’m back now and ready to work. In fact I’m about going to a location to shot a new movie.”
Mr Ibu has battled series of attacks in recent years.
He stated that his ‘village people’ had attempted to kill him twice through poison. He also faced what he described as an unknown ailment for a long time.
The comic who claimed that his ‘kinsmen’ had attempted to kill him raised the alarm in 2020 about how they allegedly paid his domestic staff to poison him because of his successful career.
He recounted how he was kidnapped and poisoned at an event in Nnewi.
He also noted that his protruding stomach was a result of the poison.
