Actor turned pastor Yul Edochie has urged his fellow Nigerians to value and preserve their rituals in an effort to inspire them to respect their heritage.
Yul Edochie begs Nigerians to desist from demolishing holy temples on his Instagram page, emphasising that gods are not to be feared or associated with evil.
Yul Edochie emphasized the significance of accepting tradition and culture, saying that doing so lays the groundwork for freedom from all forms of slavery.
“Deities are not evil; Nigerians should desist from burning shrines and traditional deities.
“It was the white man that convinced people to believe their traditions are evil; the ploy was to make us abandon our ways and embrace theirs so as to make slavery easy.
“Nigerians need to wake up and start embracing their traditions and culture; many deities acknowledge God Almighty.
Burning them could bring perpetual trouble. If you don’t understand something, leave it. If it is not disturbing you, don’t disturb it,”he said.
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Nevertheless, a flurry of criticism has been directed towards him. Many others contended that he ought to follow only one faith and keep quiet about issues pertaining to customs.
Below are some reactions from netizens:
KIIBBZZ: Are you okay bro. What did our great ones do with the deities aside wickedness. Was there development? Is it not oyibo that made de phone Internet, cars, devised in ur house, educated ur architects etc. That’s made yall get here. If they dint come here no be inside hut una for dey. Dey play. Africans and whining.
Judy_obiadu_autism: Next week career is becoming a Babalawo. After being a pastor failed terribly now is to support shrines. Stop beating around the bushes, just say you want to become a native doctor💆💆💆💆💆💆
Officialsowemotoks: Are you kidding me Pastor Yul Edochie? Do you understand your Bible. What does Exodus 20 verse 3 tell you. Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
Recall that the actor recently opened an online church with his second wife, Judy Austin.
The movie star who assumed the title of a pastor preached the word of God for over one hour, praying for listeners and advising them on the right path.
Yul’s switch to ministerial work undoubtedly came as a big surprise to people, causing them to troop en masse to his YouTube to hear what he heard to say.
A lot of comments from netizens subsequently fell in as cybernauts expressed their opinions.
