Nollywood actor Rykardo Agbor has disclosed that he and his wife waited 18 years before welcoming their twins.
The actor spoke about their long battle with childlessness during a recent interview with AfricanAList.
Agbor said the couple spent nearly two decades hoping to become parents, adding that he remained patient and steadfast in his faith throughout the journey.
“I wanted to get married to a particular lady; I have married her regardless of where she is from. She is not from my tribe. So ordinarily, we were supposed to have strife; no, it was very fair,” he said.
“So while that wait was on, if it were someone else, he would cross. But at the end of the day, I have twins. I have a boy and a girl. I asked God what I wanted.”
The actor also reflected on what he described as the toughest period of his life – the death of his mother.
He went on further to say his mom died right in his arms as he was moving her from the hospital after weeks of treatment without improvement.
“My mom died right in my arms, you know. At the hospital, they were bringing almost 10 doctors to do tests. I didn’t know maybe they just felt we were picking money or we had all these things every now and then, and the sickness was not improving after almost 3 weeks,” he added.
“It was after 3 weeks that they told me to come and carry my mom and take her to South Africa. I took my mom away and took her to another private hospital within Surulere, it was my mom that told me to take her away from that place. As I was carrying her into the car, she gave up.”
“I think that was the first time I cried in my life. I don’t cry. If I cry, maybe it is in a movie and it is a role. So I cried. It was painful.”
