Veteran thespian, Joke Silva recently shared a moment in which her husband, Olu Jacobs cracked her up on social media
Kehinde Okeowo
Renowned Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs and his wife Joke Silva, took to Instagram to share their pictures, as the latter recounted a happy moment with her husband recently.
The 60-year-old actress recently disclosed that her husband is battling a health condition that has kept him away from his job and public glare.
Olu Jacobs has been off the movie screens, however, he was seen publicly at Africa International Film Festival Awards (AFRIFF) in Lagos, where he was honoured with an award.
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Joke Silva in a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo on Channels Television disclosed her husband has been battling with Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) for a couple of years.
In her words: “He is dealing with issues and it has been going on for a couple of years. It is known as dementia with Lewy Body. It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain and it is almost like a Parkinson’s type of disease, it affects the brain so you don’t see the shaking. It affects the person,”
However, in her latest Instagram post, the actress gave more cheering news, as revealed she visited Glover Memorial Hall with her husband. She also said her husband made a joke that cracked her up.
She wrote: Took sir J, @_olujacobs to visit Glover Memorial Hall after the handover yesterday. Pic 2) Can’t for the life of me remember what he said but I was in stitches. #GloverMemorialHall”
