My father gave me a beating that reset my brain about school - Nollywood actor Yul Edochie

The son of Nollywood veteran, Pete Edochie, was commenting on a viral video which captures a man beating his son for failing his examination despite paying USD21,000 in tuition.

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..woefully in exams, and also failing to write their Maths and English exams. Was he right to “discipline” his kid this way?

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Though many social media users thinks the act was uncalled for, Yul Edochie says he received an unforgettable corporal punishment when he boldly confronted his father about his decision to quit formal education.

He said he was in his second year in junior high school when the incident happened.

Yul said he told his father to set up an electrical shop for him and cancel his education, and according to him, he was locked up in his father’s room and was given a ‘beating which reset his brain to factory setting’.

He tweeted: “In JS2, I told my father I didn't want to go to school anymore, he should open electrical shop for me. He said ok. He Invited me to his room, locked the door & pulled out his belt. He gave me a beating that reset my brain to factory setting. Look at me today. Thank you Dad!”

In JS2, I told my father I didn't want to go to school anymore, he should open electrical shop for me.
He said ok.
He Invited me to his room, locked the door & pulled out his belt.
He gave me a beating that reset my brain to factory setting.
Look at me today.
Thank you Dad!

— Yul Edochie (@YulEdochie) April 23, 2020

His tweet caused a stir on Twitter because many of the users believe the character his father portrays in movies would make it even harder to confront with such issues.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Yul’s tweet.

nbs beating you chop on that day. but the iphone kids deaaa, you can't even touch their hair @YulEdochie #PeterEdochie https://t.co/ZaMx0VqlFa

— @the sports-scientist (@JOELESHUN4) April 23, 2020

You told your father this? You get vim pass aswer

Pete Edochie? We’re even afraid of him when watching him on TV ???? https://t.co/tsrdQ4aGu1

— Kelewele Joint ???? (@Ankamagyimi) April 23, 2020

Even me that Pete Edochie is not my father, I can’t look at him and tell him that nonsense.

U get mind gan https://t.co/RhcpCnBn3C

— Kyrie (@boykarh) April 23, 2020

You get mind ooo, I can't even change the channel If Pete edochie is on TV. https://t.co/rRzdTwY1Rf

— Dapson? (@femii_dapson) April 23, 2020

Yul Edochie said as a boy, he told his father he didn't wanna go to school anymore...

I don't care about the rest of the gist but teenage Yul must have had balls of steel to boldly tell Pete that.

I can't even talk to Pete Edochie anyhow from behind my TV screen.

— UG (@UgwunnaEjikem) April 23, 2020

Pete Edochie probably flogs like "Do you know why I am flogging you? Because the child that says his father will not sleep *tawai* he too *tawai* shall not *tawai* sleep"

"Daddy please"

"The cocoyam *tawai* does not *tawai* grow *tawai* without the permission *tawai* of his..."

— Four-eyed Edo boy™ (@Alex_Houseof308) April 23, 2020