Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has stated that hunger and poverty are
responsible for the increasing ritual killings in Nigeria and not the movie industry.
The actor made this known in a post shared on his Instagram page, where
he slammed people criticizing Nollywood for the increasing rate of ritual
killings across the country.
According to the actor, he has been hearing about ritual killing in
Nigeria during the eighties when he was a kid.
He averred that poverty and hunger and not Nollywood is responsible for
crimes in the country.
Yul Edochie also added that the movie industry portrays only what
happens in society, adding that Nigerians are wallowing in extreme poverty.
In his word: “From when I was a kid in the eighties I started
hearing about ritual killing in Nigeria. Then there was no Nollywood. Hunger
and poverty make people to do crime. No be Nollywood cause am.
“Nollywood is only showing what happens in society. Nigerians are
wallowing in extreme poverty. A hungry man is an angry man, fix the country and
crime will go away. Don blame Nollywood.”
