Laycon, winner of the 2020 BBNaija reality show, has donated towards the welfare of sickle cell patients in Nigeria.
This was brought to light in an appreciation message by a Twitter user.
“My cousin took her son to sickle cell foundation idiaraba to get drug for her son; she was told to pay little amount of money cos Laycon gave them money to treat SS patient. She cried and she was so happy cos her president love them. Thanks Laycon. #icons #LayconComeOnline,” the twitter user wrote.
TOHAI Nigeria, an organization advocating for newborn screening for Sickle Cell disease also penned an appreciation note to Laycon for his generosity.
“Thank you @itsLaycon for donating to sickle cell warriors support in Nigeria. As an organization advocating for newborn screening for Sickle Cell disease and associated treatments for children in low resources settings in Nigeria, we appropriate your generosity. God bless you big,” it wrote.
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Laycon, whose real name is Olamilekan Agbeleshe; had revealed while he was at the BBNaija Lockdown house that he suffers a mild form of sickle cell anaemia.
“My genotype is SC (Sickle Cell), I don’t like to tell people my genotype because I feel they’d think I’m sick,” the rapper had said.