In an audiovisual interview with Africa Entertainment on Ugwumba Television, the ace actor known for his historic expressions in movies, spoke in Igbo, interpreted thus: “Igbos are no longer proudly speaking their language, if you ask somebody a question in Igbo they will reply with English and English don’t even suit their mouth. If we keep running away from our language it will die.”
“I spoke on the night of the launch for a long time without adding any English word and there are few people in Nigeria that speak English as well as I do because I studied English and was trained by the BBC.”
Speaking further about the Ndigbo, he said, “The Igbos do say that Igbos don’t have kings. If you look at it you’ll see that we don’t have a king.
“If all the Igbos come together and say this is where we shall stand, no president of Nigeria will turn their back on us.
“God supports the Igbos very well, Igbos are rich all-round the world, even in Nigeria but we haven’t shown that we love ourselves very much. If we love ourselves very much and stay together no one will defeat us.”
Edochie further spoke about attacks by killer herdsmen in the East.
He said, “If an innocent child is respecting you whilst you flog him, he would retaliate when you force him to a tight corner.
“I say to you, man will die once and one day and defend himself with whatever weapon available to him. That is the way I will answer your question on killer herdsmen.”
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