“People Like My Grandson Hardly Live Long” –  Pete Edochie

By Akinwale Kasali

Veteran Nollywood Actor, Pete Edochie, perhaps, knew his grandson was not going to live long.

His son, Actor Yul Edochie, unexpectedly, lost his first son, Kambilinachukwu on Thursday after he slumped while playing football. He was said to have suffered a seizure.

Mourning his grandson, the heartbroken grandfather, said his grandson was so accomplished, and excelled in everything he did and/or touched that he was afraid the boy was not going to live long.

He said, still speaking of him in the present tense, in an interview with Vanguard: “Kambilinachukwu is a very quiet, brilliant and talented child. He’s not somebody you can ride easily. He doesn’t get angry no matter the situation. He may change his composure, but he was definitely a very unusual person in so many respects.

He was so accomplished. I always tell my son (Yul), that I don’t like people excelling like this on anything they are involved in.  Experience has taught me that such people don’t last long.”

He confirmed that Kambilinachukwu had a seizure while playing football and was rushed to the Mother and Child Hospital. Sadly, he passed- on hours later.

Kambilinachukwu was the first son of Yul and his wife May. He turned 16 years on January 4, 2023.