Veteran Nollywood actress Omotunde Ogundimu has made a tearful appeal for help as she battles cervical cancer.

Speaking during an interview on the Talk to B podcast with her colleague Biola Adebayo on Tuesday, she revealed that she was diagnosed with the disease in 2025 and is currently enduring severe pain.

The actress, who is a single mother of three and a widow who lost her husband in 2012, said she had initially refused to seek public help but has now been left with no choice. She disclosed that her children have exhausted their income on her care and can no longer afford to care for themselves.

She also alleged that she has been sidelined in Nollywood, stating that despite reaching out to colleagues for movie roles, none offered her any.

She begged for mercy from Nigerians and sought forgiveness from anyone she may have offended in the industry, noting that she has been in the profession for 35 years.

She said:
“I’m going through severe pain. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I don’t know where I got it from. I don’t look for people’s trouble; I’m an easy-going person.

“I have reached out to some people who have been of help. My children have also spent all they have. My children are now exhausting their income on me. They can no longer care for themselves, but I thank God for blessing me with my children. I had refused to seek help from the public, but as it is now, I don’t have any option other than to do it.

“I know people will bully me and some will help me. I just have to cry out for help so that I can survive this deadly disease because I don’t have anything left. Nigerians, please have mercy on me. I just want to be healed. The pain is severe. I’m a single mother of three. I’m a widow. I lost my husband in 2012.

“I don’t usually get jobs. I have called my colleagues in the industry to beg them for movie roles, but none of them did. Please, if I offended anyone in the industry, please forgive me. I use God to beg you. I beg you in the name of this profession to please forgive me if there’s anyone that I offended because it wasn’t like this before. I have been doing this job for 35 years.”