Yuls Edochie refutes House of Representatives assertion, says Nollywood not liable for surge in ritual killings in Nigeria
By Dami Oshodi
Nigerian actor, Yuls Edochie has risen in defense of the Nigerian movie industry, as he asserted that Nollywood cannot be blamed for the recent spike in ritual killings in the country.
The actor made the statement on Friday via his Instagram story, amidst the ongoing discourse on social media, in which many have accused Nollywood of encouraging superstitious beliefs that, in turn, cause people to believe that they can get wealthy from ritual killings.
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On Wednesday, the House of Representatives held a plenary and concluded that the movie industry is culpable.
Yuls Edochie, in his post, thinks that Nollywood is “only showing what happens in society.”
The 40-year-old actor also said that ritual killings predate Nollywood, as such it cannot be the cause of the social malady.
He wrote, “From when I was a kid in the eighties I started hearing about ritual killing in Nigeria. Then there was no Nollywood,”
He went on to say that “hunger and poverty,” are responsible for why people take to crime, and added that when they are tackled, criminality will “go away.”
He added, “Hunger and poverty make people to do crime. No be Nollywood cause am. Nigerians are wallowing in extreme poverty. A hungry man is an angry man.”
The social media post from the popular actor generated mixed reactions; while some people agreed with him, others think that Nollywood movies encourage ritual killings.
