KELLY BLIND COMEDIAN WANTS A WOMAN:

KELLY BLIND COMEDIAN WANTS A WOMAN:

Watching Kelly Igberhi doing his thing on stage, you cannot but agree, there is ability in disability. Popularly known as Kelly Blind, this Delta State born comic, was brought up in Sapele. Though blind, Igberhi is fast becoming a force in the comedy industry. He was recently at the corporate headquarters of Independent Newspapers Limited, Lagos.  In this interview with Senior Reporter, Anthonia Soyingbe, the self-acclaimed Blind Comedian of the Federal Republic (BCFR), shares among other things, his dream of becoming a household name in Nigeria’s entertainment industry. Enjoy our weekend menu.

Were you born blind?

No! At the age of six, I had measles which affected my left eye.  Although my parents took me for surgery, I lost the left eye, but managed to finish my primary education at Wesley Primary School, Sapele. In 1996, during my second year in secondary school, I went totally blind.

While playing football one afternoon, I saw total darkness, I assumed I was dreaming. People around me initially thought I was joking because I was shouting when it happened. I rested right there on the football field for few minutes, when I stood up, I could see so, I ran to my house. I washed my eyes and was able to see thereafter, I rushed back to continued with the football match, but 10 minutes later, I couldn’t see again, washed my eyes and I was able to see again, I managed it for three days. I didn’t tell my parents about it because I thought I could handle it on my own.

Few days after that, I was walking down to the school and, I fell into the gutter. People came to rescue me and thereafter, they took me to our home. That was when my father noticed it. My father took me to a hospital in Sapele but we were transferred to an eye specialist in Enugu. Getting there, the ophthalmologist told us that he can’t give us full guarantee that the eye surgery which he intends to carry out on me will be totally successful.

This really made my father very angry, he took me out of the hospital in annoyance. People came around and advised my father to take me to churches and other spiritual healing homes which he did but none of them was able to proffer a solution.
Are you still making efforts to regain your sight?

I am very optimistic. Infact a service-oriented club has promised to assist me.

Are you married?

No, I am not but I am searching for a lady who will assist and help me move forward in life. I can’t marry someone like me because I intend to marry a woman who will lead me in life.