Diamond Platnumz’s estranged stepfather Mzee Abdul Juma is appealing for help to treat a chronic illness that has been affecting his legs for years.
In an interview with a Tanzanian news outlet, Mzee Juma said he has since been diagnosed with skin cancer.
“Walinikata nyama wakanicheck kisha wakaniambia kwamba niko na matatitzo ya cancer ya ngozi. Nikaenda kwa waganga wa kienyeji. Mara nyingi nakua okay mara nyingi ugonjwa unanirudia,” he said.
Mzee Abdul hailed his daughter Zubeida, who lives in the UK, for helping him get medical attention.
“Alinisaidia sana kupita kiwango. Ni mtoto wangu wa ukweli mwenye roho ya imani. Namuombea Mwenyezi Mungu amfungulie pepo la kheri. Namshukuru. Namshukuru sana.”
Mzee Abdul lamented that his estranged son Diamond Platnumz had promised to take him abroad to seek better treatment.
This however changed after the musician disowned him last year after it emerged that his biological father was the deceased Salum Iddi Nyange.
“Familia niliyokua nayo ya kwanza waliniambia watanipeleka nje. Nilikua nilishakua na imani lakini bahati mbaya ilikua sio riziki. Ikatokea tofauti.”
Abdul Juma asked well-wishers for help, saying: “It is hard for people to understand what I am going through.”
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