Today, Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu revealed that the #SaveMayowa campaign which has been trending for a few days in a bid to generate funds to save the life of a cancer patient named Ahmed Mayowa Shukurat, may have been an elaborate plot to scam unsuspecting Nigerians of their hard earned money.
Toyin Aimakhu had been at the forefront of the campaign even appearing in a video with the ailing young lady begging Nigerians to come to her rescue. She told Y!Naija, “They tagged me, she sent a message to me… they said she’s my huge fan saying she had cancer and she needed help and wanted me to come… I showed the doctor the (medical) report and the doctor said ‘which report?’. They said it was a fake report.
“They just came up with the plan on Sunday. They now came to LUTH to appear as if they were in LUTH. When they saw me they said I did not help them to beg for money… that they don’t know anything.”
The actress said when she went to LUTH and showed the doctors Mayowa’s medical report, the doctors said the report was fake. Toyin also alleges Mayowa Ahmed’s family came up with the scheme this past Sunday.
Toyin Aimakhu went as far as taking members of the Nigerian police force to LUTH to arrest Ahmed Mayowa Shukurat’s brothers.
In their new statement this afternoon, the family of Mayowa said they are taking her to a hospital in Abu Dhabi but when they started raising money for her, they said they wanted to take her to Emory hospital, Atlanta, who had given them a quote of $100k.
Ahmed Mayowa Shukurat’s sister, Ahmed Mariam who was at LUTH she told Pulse reporters that Toyin Aimakhu’s accusations are untrue and unfounded.
“I don’t know why Toyin Aimakhu and Linda Ikeji are saying we are scamming Nigerians. It’s a lie! No doctor ever told us my sis cannot survive this they just told us to do something and take her out of the country. Nigerians we did not scam u ooo it’s a lie oo. Linda Ikeji has never been in this story and now she’s just cooking up everything to just…
“Right now my sis is in d room crying. I don’t know what Linda wants from us. It is true. she has ovarian cancer. We sent the medical report we posted everything on line. At least we posted everything online.
“No doctor ever told us it’s stage four. It’s not until two weeks ago they told us she has ovarian cancer. So even if we know she’s going to die we have to do something. Nobody even asked her to do the video she did it herself she’s tired.. I don’t know where Linda cooked d story” she told Pulse.
Read the statement from the family below:
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