Veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has debunked rumours going round on social media that he was sick and in desperate need of financial help for medical treatment.

The actor disclosed that he was in good health and will never ask for financial assistance from anyone. He also said that he has never been on Facebook. He urged members of the public to disregard the story as rumour.

He wrote:

Good morning my people
Please disregard any foolish post on Facebook by anybody saying am SICK and SOLICITING for MONEY, I’m in a perfect good health condition, i will never ask anybody for A DIME neither am I on FACEBOOK.

Agu also responded to rumour that he had died, a claim he said prompted over 500 phone calls from family, friends and well-wishers. He revealed that that he didn’t know who started the rumour and also said that its originators would die before him.

He wrote:

Yesterday I got over 500 calls from Friends Fans And Family who want to know if the stories that they read on Facebook was TRUE

I’M NOT ON FACEBOOK

Now I don’t know who started this nonsense stories of them being DEAD NOT ME but one thing I know is that all the people that started this story and posted it on Facebook will DIE before me in the name Chukwu Okike Abiama. Iseeeeeeeeeee

IF YOU SEE SUCH NONSENSE POST ON FACEBOOK PLEASE REPORT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT..

Signed Chief Chiwetalu Agu

Justin Nwosu

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