NOLLYWOOD:WHY I WENT SHIRTLESS BEGGING -ERNEST ASUZU REVEALS

Popular actor, Ernest Asuzu, who’s currently making headlines after a video went viral where he went shirtless to beg for help on the streets of Lagos  has come out to defend his action.

The actor said he went shirtless not because he was mentally derailed,  but because he needed help for his medical condition that has lingered for years now.

In a new video clip,  Asuzu said he deliberately removed his shirt so that Nollywood practitioners would feel his pain. He also solicited financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians both home and abroad to enable him to take care of his medical bills.

Asuzu is currently down with a stroke. He went public with the illness about five to six years ago.

Few Days back, a man who identified himself as John Louis on  shared a video of the actor where he was shirtless and begging for aid on the streets of Lagos. The actor was barely recognizable in the video.

Mr. Louis said he found the actor begging for aids on the streets of  Lagos,isolo precusepr. The actor could also be seen in the video nodding in affirmation.

Asuzu also looked dazed in the video. “So we at babajamz are calling on Nollywood to come and assist their member. It is not only to act the film, but this guy also cannot even walk,” Mr. Louis said in the video.