Nollywood actor, Ibrahim Chatta, has narrated how the death of his first child, due to poverty, completely shattered his heart.
In a viral YouTube video posted by Abiola Orisile Events & Parties TV, the thespian was spotted sharing the heartbreaking story with some colleagues. “My first child is not Malik. The first child I had died,” he stated.
According to Chatta, having trekked for hours covering several areas of the city, in a desperate attempt to raise the money needed for his treatment at a Lagos hospital, the child eventually died.
Hear him: “I trekked from Ijora Badia, passed through Orile, Itolo… places I used to hawk puff-puff. I went through Shitta, Lawanson, Stadium, and Costain Railway till I got to Makoko, yet I couldn’t get any money until the child died. We buried her in a crate of Coke, the olden days wooden crate of coke!”
Speaking about the strong affection he has for his only daughter, Awawu, whom he named after his late mother, the actor said: “When I went to Dubai and bought a diamond anklet for Awawu, her mother was upset, saying I should have bought it for her who gave birth to the child, but I told her, this is my only daughter. I had one before, but she died. She was buried in a wooden crate of Coke. All of them just started crying and I was cooking in the kitchen. They’d never heard the story before then.”
Though, Chatta currently has three children, he expressed a desire to have more. “I love all my children. God gave me three but I want to have more children. You see Awawu was named after my mother, because she was born after my mother’s death. So, I call her my mother. There’s nothing she wants (to buy) that I won’t give her.”