Inclined Nollywood actor Pete Edochie is terribly mighty alive, his son Leo Edochie has confirmed, brushing off viral on-line claims that the 78-Twelve months-aged film yarn had died.

The actor’s clarification came in a video posted on Instagram, where Leo described the rumour as entirely spurious.

The spurious document originated on X, where a particular person claimed Edochie had handed away in a clinical institution underneath “unknown circumstances” and alleged that his “elder son” had confirmed the dying.

One among the posts read: “Nollywood actor Pete Edochie dangle correct handed away on the age of 78 after being rushed to the clinical institution closing because of unknown circumstances, His elder son dangle confirmed the passing of Pete Edochie this morning on his IG. It’s change into once a tragic 2d he stated, relaxation in peace sir.”

In the Instagram video, Leo strongly condemned the rumour and reassured the final public that his father is now not completely alive nonetheless furthermore in supreme health. He known as the document a “lie from the pit of hell” and criticised those spreading it for wishing anguish on the outmoded actor.

“I even dangle been receiving calls over some nonsense that folk dangle been posting that our father has died. It’s a lie from the pit of hell, our father is now not correct alive nonetheless hale and hearty,” Leo stated in the video.

He went on to condemn social media customers who spread the spurious recount:

“At the same time as you occur to make a choice on somebody died, two things occurs he lives very lengthy, and you would die before him. Disgrace on you all of you, God punish you,” Leo added.

Here’s now not the first time rumours about Pete Edochie’s dying dangle circulated on-line. The same hoaxes dangle surfaced over the final decade, along with spurious claims of lethal accidents and in one more country deaths, prompting frequent denials from the actor and his family.

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