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Nollywood actor and veteran broadcaster,Pete Edochie was kidnapped by an armed gang two Sunday ago at Afor-Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State,as he was returning from Asaba in Delta State back to the family house in Enugu when the kidnappers intercepted his Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and whisked him away.Twenty four (24) hours later he was freed.The actor in his statement after his release said,his kidnappers seized him in protest at the obscene display of Nigeria's stolen wealth by politicians.Edochie said his kidnappers told him they were not happy at the situation in the country.

He said the kidnappers told him that although people were repulsed by the act of seizing people,there was nothing else they could do.He said they refrained from shooting victims to show Nigerians that they were just focused on making money and not taking lives.Edochie described them as young men,explained he was grateful to them for the respect they accorded him, “but this does not portray the image of Nigeria positively.”

He stated earlier that the movie industry has no future if government does not take an interest in it.“I am still talking about the Ministry of Information and National Orientation.It has not shown any commitment to the industry. Nigeria by now should be in a position to produce a film that can be taken outside this country and commented upon by the international community, that this originates from Nigeria. We can do a good film on Slave Trade because we have never really told our own story,” he said.

Barely some months back,popular actor and singer,Enebeli Elebuwa was attacked by a young man who tried to pluck his left eye,allegedly to make him blind.The attack left Elebuwa with a major injury such that he could hardly see until many good Samaritans home and abroad came to his aid.The 62-year old entertainer was however sighted at a film location recently as he was preparing for shooting.Though he is yet to see clearly with his left eye ut can go on working and expressed his gratitude to all those who rallied round him and prevented him from going blind.

Again,Nigerian star actress,Eucharia Anunobi-Ekwu cannot understand all the rumour about her family problem.She wonders why her case should be brought to the public domain,just because she is an actress.In her statement, she said “I am too grounded with my God and with a precept of Christianity; you don't go to defile your matrimonial bed. And I want to use this opportunity to say loud and clear that those seven years with my ex-husband, I remained one of the best women any man could have and I kept my matrimonial bed undefiled.

She said she also denied that her husband abandoned her because she was too possessive stressing that “you don't possess something that is not there and you don't fight over something that is not worth fighting over. I do not think anyone would say I am possessive. You are going to fight over a man who is not worth your time, who is not worth your value, if you really have something and it is supposed to be yours, are you not supposed to protect it?

“And you will even go out of your way to protect something that is worth it,” she said, explaining that what is important now is to strengthen her career and other challenges and future aspiration to find a new husband who will love, cherish and appreciate her worth in life.