Ayo Oritsejafor has shared his cancer story with members of his church in a video posted on his Instagram page.
The clergyman said he did not tell anyone about the illness and was secretly battling pain while still laughing with his congregation and preaching.
He also revealed the amount he spent on treatment, the report doctors gave him about the disease, and how he eventually overcame it.
Ayo Oritsejafor, the founder of Word of Life Bible Church, has opened up about his battle with cancer and how he kept it hidden from many people in his church.
The cleric shared posts on his Instagram page where he spoke about the illness and how he was eventually able to overcome it.
Although he did not disclose the specific type of cancer, he explained the struggle, the thousands of dollars spent on treatment, and the months he spent bedridden.
According to him, he was in pain but still had to smile and laugh with people in church. He added that he travelled abroad due to severe pain and was later told the cancer had spread to other parts of his body.
The cleric said he returned home and came back after about three months because immediate surgery could not be carried out.
In the recording, he explained that he returned to Nigeria during a church program known as Jubilee. He said he was singing and dancing publicly while still in severe pain, before taking another flight abroad because the pain became unbearable.
The cleric also recounted how a doctor, who is also a cleric, told him they needed to check his bone to see if the cancer had spread. After the test, the doctor reportedly danced and encouraged him to dance as well, assuring him he would overcome the illness since it had not spread to his bones.
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor shares more He further shared that he spent months on treatment and bed rest, but later began to recover. At some point, he could not breathe properly and had to be rushed back to the hospital. According to him, doctors later discovered a serious infection, but said they had no known medication for it at the time. He added that an elderly doctor advised against a planned operation, warning that he might not survive it.
The doctor later developed an antibiotic, which initially did not work, but a second treatment eventually worked. Ayo Oritsejafor also stated that during his illness, strict precautions were taken, and people were advised not to enter his hospital room without proper protection because the infection was unfamiliar and severe. I spent over $120,000(N160,000million)
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