X User Falsely Attributes Nerve Injury Appeal to Actress Uche Ogbodo

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Claim: An X user, @Yabgmi_, shared a video clip with a caption that reads as a first-person medical appeal and credited it to Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo. The caption says she has battled a severe nerve injury since February, had surgery on her buttocks at a hospital in Ogun State in August, and that the wound has not healed because of her diabetes. It ends with an appeal for help, including being flown abroad for treatment.

Verdict: False. The statement is not in the video. In the clip, Uche Ogbodo speaks for about 52 seconds about the looks of other women and about marriage. She says nothing about a nerve injury, a hospital, surgery, diabetes, or a request for money or treatment abroad. 

The words in quotation marks appear only as the claimant’s own caption. NFM found no report of the actress making such an appeal. The post attached an unverified medical history to a popular woman just to ridicule her. 

Full Text

On or about Oct. 28, 2026, an X user, REAL (@Yabgmi_), posted a video clip with this text:

“I have been battling a severe nerve injury since February. On August I visited a hospital in ogun state for treatment and underwent surgery on my buttocks. However, due to my diabetes, the wound has refused to heal. I am currently fighting for my life. I am appealing to everyone to come together and help me, if possible, fly me abroad for better medical treatment.” – Nollywood actress Uche Ogbodo

The post, archived here, credited the words to Actress Uche. When Naija Feminist Media (NFM) reviewed it on Oct. 29, 2026, it had 86 replies, 158 reposts and 254 likes.

Another X user, Fiyin (@SoftKeerah), quote-posted it and asked who sent the woman to do a BBL, adding that she used her money to buy trouble. That post had 721 views at the time of review. Nothing in the original caption mentions a BBL.

The replies NFM reviewed were mixed. One user, @Cruiseonly1…, asked why she went ahead with a BBL if she knew she had diabetes. 

Another, @AidOneChil73594, wrote that anyone who helps the woman is “foolish and stupid” and referred to liposuction and a facelift, which the caption does not mention. 

A few users questioned the post. @MercyOgonnaya wrote that the video is different from the write-up and that many people commented without watching it. @Leemxy48 asked, “Why is she talking down on married people.” The claimant replied, “Forget about her past statements and pray for her.” 

To a reply calling the woman a “foolish fool,” he wrote “I no wan laugh abeg” with laughing and crying emojis. In the replies NFM reviewed, he did not correct the caption.

Given the post’s reach and its potential to expose a woman to ridicule over her body and health, NFM decided to verify the claim.

NFM Checks

We reviewed the video attached to the post and a transcript of its audio, the clip runs about 52 seconds. 

Based on the transcript, the speaker comments on the appearance of other women. She says she had to go back to a page and refresh it to be sure she was looking at the same woman, then remarks that the woman is married, and goes on to comment on how marriage affects appearance. Her closing lines address having children and ask whether the listener called the police on her. 

The video contains no reference to a nerve injury, a hospital, Ogun State, surgery on the buttocks, diabetes, a wound, or a request for money or treatment abroad. The caption’s words appear only as text the claimant added to the post. They are not spoken in the clip.

Although, the actress has spoken publicly about having a BBL. Punch reported her saying she made peace with the risks before getting the procedure. New Telegraph also reported her explaining that she had the procedure to feel happy and confident in her body after the birth of her third child.

These reports support the caption’s reference to a surgery. They do not support the rest of it. Both cover her decision to have the procedure, not complications. 

NFM searched for reports that Ogbodo had a nerve injury, had surgery in Ogun State in August, was unable to heal a wound because of diabetes, or had appealed for help to be flown abroad for treatment, and found none. 

NFM has not verified Ogbodo’s health status and found no evidence for the diagnosis or procedure the caption describes.

Conclusion

Uche Ogbodo is not shown in the clip saying she has a nerve injury, an unhealed wound or diabetes, or asking for help to be flown abroad. In the clip, she comments on the looks of other women and on marriage. 

The quoted appeal is the claimant’s caption, and NFM found no evidence that Ogbodo said it. The post is gender disinformation, it invents a first-person statement about a woman’s body and health, and the replies it drew focused on mocking her over  a diagnosis that no one has verified.