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Jide Kosoko has lived with diabetes since 1996

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Nigerian actor Jide Kosoko says he has lived with diabetes since being diagnosed in 1996 and has looked after his health for three decades. Aged 72, he also spoke about more than six decades of work in theatre and film, according to an interview broadcast by African A-List on 17 October.

Nigerian actor Jide Kosoko says he has lived with diabetes since 1996 and has monitored his own health since then. “I became diabetic in 1996. I understand my health better than some doctors,” he said in an interview broadcast on Saturday 17 October by the African A-List channel.

The Nollywood veteran nevertheless clarified that the statement was based on his personal experience and that he was not claiming to know everything. He also spoke about a career spanning more than six decades in Nigerian cinema.

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