Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has opined that Igbo men are not good politicians.
Naijaonpoint reports that the thespian made this known in a recent interview with Afia TV.
According to Pete Edochie, people who are used to politics or the treachery that characterised politics can overlook a lot of things, unlike the Igbos, who are not accustomed to condoning treachery for a second time.
He emphasised that such behaviour towards politics has led many Igbo politicians to sever ties with their strategic political allies.
He said, “An Igbo man is not a good politician. And I will tell you why, people who are used to politics or the treachery that characterised politics, can overlook a lot of things. But the Igbo man is not constituted to condole treachery a second time. If you hurt the Igbo man once in politics, he will never give you an opportunity to hurt him again. He will recoil himself. That’s the average Igbo man.
“The Igbo man is really not constituted to sustain political treachery. The moment you exhibit treachery in your involvement with an Igbo man, they cut you off. That’s it.”
In related news, popular Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade, has claimed seniority over Pete Edochie, in the movie industry.
Naijaonpoint reports that Solade made this known while sharing the history of his journey in the Yoruba genre of the Nollywood industry during an interview on the show ‘Father’s Path with Tope’.
The movie star admitted that Edochie is older than him, but maintained that he started acting before the legendary actor.
The thespian explained how other sections within Nollywood had been documenting their works on cassettes and advertising them for others to purchase with the help of the media.
While refuting claims that a section of the industry other than the Yorubas started Nollywood, Solade stated that the Yoruba industry’s failure to document its early beginnings is the reason others take credit for starting Nollywood.