Nigerian singer and songwriter Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni, has shared a video recounting her health struggles over the past two weeks.
The 32-year-old revealed she had been battling malaria and humorously narrated her ordeal while showing medical professionals attending to her at home.
Teni described how the illness left her weak and without an appetite, capturing a moment where she received an injection while noting she was still recovering. Jokingly, she called on Oba Saheed Elegushi to address the mosquito infestation in Ikate, saying:
“Ah, e no go better for all the mosquitos wey dey for Ikate. I dey tell you. Oba, you need to find something to do about the mosquitos in Ikate because malaria had me down.”
Despite her illness, Teni traveled to Ondo for a performance and shared a clip from the event. She humorously admitted that she couldn’t afford to refund the payment she had received.
The self-proclaimed “Sugar Mummy of Lagos” emphasized in the video’s caption that “money cannot buy health, only God can.”
Singer Teni narrated in the clip; “Yep. That’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.
When I sang “Uyo Meyo” and said, “Ohun toju mi ti ri ah” [meaning “What my eyes have seen”], my eyes have really seen something. Malaria!.”
“They should turn off the AC in the burial ground of my father because it’s like he wanted to take a nap. I said, “Wake up, your daughter is dying!” I was down. I was weak for two weeks. I couldn’t eat.
If you people should see my neck now, I look like tolotolo. I look like a turkey. And I went to go and perform in Ondo as I was sick oh, as I was sick—because who will feed me?
Look at me. I was dying oh! Look at me just dancing, singing “For Your Case oh” because I cannot return money. Any money that enters into my account, whichever money enters inside sugar mummy account, it does not use to come back outside.
And they say money is the root of all evil. E no go better for evil!.”
See Teni’s post below;