“My Father Chose Stepmother Over Me” – Actor Charles Inojie Speaks On Childhood (video)

Nollywood actor, Charles Inojie, has recounted a story of his upbringing, revealing that his father did not provide for him due to his stepmother.

He also expressed a lack of emotion when meeting his mother for the first time.

In an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo shared on Friday, Inojie said in broken English, “Since dem born me till today, I’ve only lived with my father for only eight months, say pikin and papa live together.

“We got to a point where she asked that my father should make a choice between her and Baba no go leave the woman wey dey lash am, give am everything, go choose one boy wey we no know whether he go become person for life.”

Reflecting on the day he met his mother for the first time, the comic actor said, “The day I was to meet my mother for the first time, that time I don too see so nothing dey panic me again. I have been on the street for how long.

“So one of my uncles called me. So I went there, when I entered, one woman dey there, everybody quiet, nobody is talking.

“The next thing I see the woman dey clean tears, I talk say belike say na my mama be that.”