Charles Inojie, a renowned Nollywood actor, has recounted his bitter childhood experience of being abandoned by his mother at the age of eight months and neglected by his father.
In a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo, the 52-year-old actor revealed that his parents’ divorce led to his mother’s departure, leaving him to be raised by his father and his new wife.
Charles Inojie narrated how his stepmother treated him unfairly, even influencing his father not to cater for his education when he gained admission to the university at 20. She insisted that he wait for her child to grow up so they could attend university together, despite being 18 to 20 years older than her child.
The actor’s childhood was marked by poverty, deprivation, and isolation. It took him years to reunite with his parents, but their relationships remained strained.
When he finally met his mother, he felt no emotional attachment to her. She died at 58, leaving behind 16 children.
Years later, Inojie visited his father for his blessings before starting a new job. His father, however, refused to see him, citing his shame over abandoning him for so many years.
“I met him and we sat for close to thirty minutes, nobody talked. I was crying, he was crying. I said ‘I have to start going but that I am now out of school. My first work, they said Papa must pray for his child’. I bought a drink and put N5000 in an envelop and asked that he prays for me and he said he wasn’t going to touch it and that his conscience will not let him having not contributed a dime.”the Nollywood icon said.
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