Veteran Nollywood actor Pete Edochie has publicly endorsed his son, Yul Edochie, for the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.
Yul Edochie shared the video of his father endorsing him on Twitter on Thursday with the caption;
"My father Chief Pete Edochie endorses my 2023 Presidential ambition. God Almighty, take absolute control.”
Yul, who is 39-years old contested for Governor of Anambra State in 2017 under the Democratic Peoples Congress. However, he lost the election but was later appointed by the winner, Willie Obiano as Special Adviser on Creative and Entertainment Media in 2018.
Yul later resigned after a few months to pursue his presidential ambition, moving from DPC to PDP.
Speaking of the endorsement his father, Pete Edochie first admitted that although he is not the type to involve himself in politics, he, however, was supporting his son’s political ambition after constant pleadings from young people to publicly endorse Yul.
“My values are very strong. I have my own children and they are very strong in that regard too and I am not one to be involved in politics. But you see, not all your children are bound to follow you, one of my sons, who incidentally is an actor, has decided that he wants to be a politician.
He continued by saying most of the youngsters persuaded to endorse Yul, stating that they want him to be president because they like him.
Pete Edochie expressed confidence in his son's ability to steer the country in the right direction.
“He is disciplined, sympathetic, he believes a lot in people. They have bothered me so much that today, I hereby present him to you. He has my blessing and endorsement, any day he decides to veer off from the discipline under which he was raised, l will withdraw my support him. It shall be well with you, son,” the veteran actor prayed for him.
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