Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has shared details about the last time he saw his first son, Kambilichukwu Edochie, before the boy’s death in 2023.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that he spoke about it during an interview on the Honest Bunch Podcast by Glitch Africa Studios, where he opened up on how the day started like any normal day in their home. He said his son came into his room in the morning before leaving for school, and they spent time talking and joking together.
Edochie said they laughed and discussed his son’s height, noting that the boy had grown very tall and was almost matching him. He added that his son mentioned how only one student in his class was taller than him, and they both laughed about it before the boy left for school.
According to him, just a few hours after his son left home, he received a call asking him to come to a hospital. He said he rushed there without knowing what had happened, but on arrival, he saw his son lying lifeless.
The actor described how quickly the situation changed from a happy morning at home to a painful moment at the hospital. He said the memory of their conversation before school remains fresh in his mind because nothing about it suggested what would follow later that day.
He said: “That was my first son. That morning, he came into my room before going to school. We talked and joked about his height because he was quite tall. He was almost taller than me at that time, we joked about it and he told me only one boy was taller than him in his class. We gisted and laughed, then he left. About three hours after they called me, I came to the hospital and I saw him dead like this.”