Graphic pics: How TV star & actor, Von Apochi was nearly burnt to death

Graphic pics: How TV  star & actor, Von Apochi was nearly burnt to death   Gulder Ultimate Search 1 contestant, TV star and actor Von Apochi tells  his story of how he survived a horrific fire incident when his car went  up in flames about a month a go in Lagos, leaving him with second degree  burns. His story
below...      To say am stunned will be the most mild way to put this... at first  my heart skipped so hard i could feel my hands tremble; had to place a  quick call to my friend and brother Von; well, if you have never met  Von, you'll have no idea how amazing and super supportive of a man he  is.  Anyway, let me cut to the chase and allow you guys to read this super  mighty testimony...  ''This is my true life experience, I recently went through the fire and  back alive. I may not share photos now as the pictures are not very  friendly and very worrisome. However, please help me thank God for life  and the miraculous healing. The doctors and nurses have not recovered  from the awe of my miraculous healing God gifted me with. Several surgeons and Burn Experts have been thrilled at the miraculous  healing. God is wonderful and real... I saw the Hand of God live in my  life; a friend of mine that is still surprised at the whole healing  process while in shock of excitement, she confirmed to me that she sees a  light over me.  This is not one of those oratorical compositions or some popular prose  or write up, this is real and true. I do not like to think of the way it happened but I will try to explain  part: My car was burnt totally as the fire started from the bonnet of  the car and engulfed the entire car. I was literally engulfed with fire  while I ran alone and helpless along the lonely road beside the Harvey  road cemetery; for those of you who are conversant with Lagos and the  Yaba area, you will understand the loneliness I speak of as this  happened at about 4am on my way back from a quick strategy meeting.   At first my car hit one of those big blocks meant for constructing  gutters. The block was placed by the side of the road instead of being  placed in the gutter, and then the fire started from the bonnet of my  car. With the fire over my body, I screamed, "Blood of Jesus" severally  and dove to the ground to roll but suddenly, the fire went out. At this  moment I could not feel my face anymore, my hands were burnt black.   My little Von-Edric back at home was crying unusually that morning my  wife said. My wife had called me before the accident to tell me that my  son was crying heavily. I normally change his dippers at night and  sometimes feed him, this is to allow my wife rest at night as the  responsibilities during the day are quite tasking. She then called me  again to ask if I was getting close to the house, then and there I broke  the news to my wife that I was burnt by fire. She screamed and went  into prayers.  At this time my mind was racing through a lot of things, my acting  career, and my job as a business consultant with one of the  multinational companies in Nigeria. Oh my political career, oh my face,  oh my "shakara" lol! Oh my job as the host of miss tourism 2015 oh my...  what a devil is this I thought, well, many things went through my mind.  But, in all of that moment the worst of the things that bothered me was  the excruciating pain I was feeling, the pain was so severe that I felt  like knocking off. I had heard that people mostly die from pain and  infection in cases of burn, this thought bothered me further. All I  could do was pray, pray!! And pray!!!  Let me reserve details of the entire process of the accident for the  sake of post-traumatic stress, I shall continue with the hospital  experience instead. I was rushed to a specialist hospital in Surulere  Lagos by some unknown security men patrolling the area.  The hospital was the only one I could remember at that time, maybe it is  because the hospital is close to my home because I told then the  hospital they should take me to. We finally got to the hospital, they  rushed me inside and handed me over to the doctor on duty, God bless  those men wherever they are. Whilst in the hospital receiving first aid,  the doctor on duty had given me the strongest pain killer they had in  the hospital, he said.  This pain killer was supposed to knock me out but my eyes were wide open  as my brain was still contending with the pains rather than respond to  some drowsy pain killer. I was so unstable and disturbed; I got up  severally to pace about hoping I could walk away from the pain. Suddenly  my wife walked into the hospital looking worried and of course to also  check the extent of damage the fire had caused but at this point in  time, one could not measure the damage caused as all my face was black  like burnt coal and hands burnt dry. My two lower palms were bruised  from the dive, my thighs were slightly burnt and my upper bum was also  burnt, my neck was burnt from the front but nothing happened to any  other part of my body.  I quickly asked my wife to inform my mother whom I know would back me up  with serious prayers. Please help me say a word of thanks to my praying  wife and praying mother and I thank those who heard early and prayed  for me and those of you praying for me now, God bless you. On the third day, my face was swollen to the extent that my eyes were  covered, my hands were swollen also, and my neck was largely blistered  also with my bum blistered too. Too much pain for one brain to cope  with, pain killers were like taking water as injections. I was steadily  on drips, my hands were pierced at random looking for veins; I was  suffering.  This is about a Month now and this is my testimony… you will appreciate  God more when I release the pictures of my current look and my look  then. Yes I had plastic and burn surgeons consulted; I have a skin  specialist working on my face and neck but believe me these surgeons,  skin specialist, nurses and doctors are marvelled at the healing and  recovery of my face and other body parts. They say there is no medical  explanation to this speed and healing process but they just say, “thank  God for you Von, you are a gifted and blessed child of God”.  I just want to conclude this by saying Thank God for the miracle of  life, thank God for healing and speedy recovery, thank God for my Wife,  Mother, Father, other Family members and of course you because I believe  your lips will say Thank you Lord for this miracle and testimony.   Von before the fire incident I am bouncing back to my job and of course back to the movies again  fresher and finer.  God bless you all this is my testimony.