Reality star and actress Phyna has provided an update on her sister, Ruth Otabor, following the severe injuries she sustained in a truck accident near Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State on August 13, 2025.
The accident resulted in significant injuries, including the amputation of one leg.
Phyna revealed that the Dangote Group had initially agreed to support Ruth’s treatment, including arrangements to fly her abroad for advanced medical care. However, she claims the company later requested a medical report from the hospital stating that Ruth’s condition could not be handled locally, which she finds unreasonable and frustrating.
In a live Instagram video, Phyna explained the situation: “Medical reports he said to me received and I said these are all the medical reports and if you give it to your doctors too you realize she doesn’t have much time and we need to act fast what’s the next move right now he replied me and said I agree with you we would engage the medical team and revert and I said which medical team the ones in lagoon he said yes and then insurance That wants to inform the medical team in that lab. The same medical team that gave me this one. That gave me this one. And insurance. I was surprised like insurance.
“I mean… Like, I don’t know, but I said, okay, cool. I said, Cool. Engaging the doctors already on a treatment plan for Ruth. We would be guided by the medical option of what is best for Ruth at all times. Now, this one vexes me. Do you know why this vexed me? Because, hello, we had an agreement that we are only bringing my sister to Lagos. So they will be stabilising her while we prepare to travel.
“That was our agreement. I already asked the hospital’s MD if my sister can be moved. He said yes. That should be what you should be asking. Like I said, she cannot be treated in Nigeria. So that’s the question you all should be asking. He now replied, he said, Please, can we have the medical report from Lagoon that says they cannot handle Ruth in their facility? Please, see, I don’t want parao. Because I told him, I should tell the hospital to write me a medical report that states they cannot handle my sister. Now, see the hospital, they are good.
“I feel they can handle it, sir, we need to fly my sister out. And I made an instance that, sir, if you have a child, and your child is in the best hospital in Nigeria, and you still decide to fly your child, you don’t tell the hospital to write that they cannot handle your sister. Why are you even stressing me? What the fuck? If Dangote’s child is sick, do they wait for medical reports to tell them to treat the girl in Nigeria? My sister’s lungs have fluid.
“Her reproductive organ is crushed. Her bladder is busted. We are praying every day for her to get to the next day. And you’re trying to outsmart me. You’re trying to play me. You’re trying to make me feel like I’m not smart or that I don’t know what I’m saying.
“Burst my head, finish. After this man said that last thing, he did not reply to my message again. This was where he said, Please, I should get a medical report from Lagoon that says they cannot handle her. After we already had an agreement that my sister was just going to be in Lagoon, seal, all documents to fly her are ready. And now, this one will never even talk of other demands that will follow.
“This one, I just make her focus on her medical first. That’s what I’m trying to make clear. I cannot use my sister’s life to gamble. Now, I think I will share my demands with you….”
Phyna’s update underscores the urgency of securing proper medical care for her sister and highlights her frustration with delays in facilitating Ruth’s evacuation abroad.
