NEWS-ONE can confirm that popular Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson
escaped death by a whisker on Friday night after her food was poisoned.
The incident took place a few hours before she embarked on a trip to
Paris where she is currently celebrating her birthday with close friend
and actress Yvonne Okoro.
“At about 12:30 midnight Friday, she had to be rushed to the hospital
for an injection. She was told it was food poisoning,” a close source
told NEWS-ONE.
Yvonne did not answer calls or respond to blackberry messages to react to the claim.
However, she confirmed the story on her blackberry status Saturday
afternoon, saying, “One birthday gift at 12:30 was an injection. God
bless you all.”
NEWS-ONE is yet to clear the air on the type of food poisoning and if it was intentional or not.
There had previously been threats on Yvonne’s life but this is not
the first food poisoning incident in Ghana’s entertainment industry.
Just last week, this paper reported that Bright, a member of Buk Bak, was poisoned.
Players in Ghana’s entertainment industry may have to be more careful
because news of poison finding its way into the food of celebrities is
becoming rather rampant.
Award-winning actor Majid Michel was earlier reported to have found a
tin of milk he was to have used for breakfast, poisoned. The incident
occurred while Majid was on the set of ‘Somewhere In Africa’.
Yvonne’s case is the latest. In most cases, when it happens, the
celebrities try to keep it under wraps and Yvonne appears to be toeing
the same line.
Meanwhile, the source told NEWS-ONE yesterday that the incident did not prevent Yvonne from embarking on her Paris trip.
“She left to join Yvonne Okoro yesterday. We asked her to stay a while
but they will not because they planned the trip long ago. You know both
of them celebrate their birthday in November and they wanted to
celebrate it in Paris together. Nelson was in Amsterdam, Holland this
morning when I contacted her,” the NEWS-ONE source said.
Last year, Yvonne celebrated her birthday with a small party at the
Golden Tulip Hotel. It attracted the likes of Majid Michel, Juliet
Ibrahim, Beverly Afaglo, Khareema Aguiar and John Dumelo.