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The Nollywood actress, Regina Chukwu, has said that she cherished her Yoruba name given to her by her man.
Chukwu stated this on her Instagram page in response to criticism heaped on her by her Igbo fans who were not happy that the movie star called herself a Yoruba name.
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The popular actress, who commonly features in Yoruba movies, had attended Funke Akindele’s ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ movie premiere, a video she shared on her TikTok page, which she captioned ‘ARIKE NI MI.’
She stated, “So I posted this video on TikTok with ‘ARIKE NI MI’ caption and some people have been on my neck reminding me that I am Igbo (which I obviously can’t forget). I have loved ones who are Yorubas, and they have accepted me wholeheartedly, so it’s proper I have a Yoruba name…”
She recalled how she grew up in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos, where she was named Abosede by an elderly landlord.
“One day I asked my mum why that man called me Abosede, and my mum told me cos I was born on a Sunday and that man (baba Sunday) personally gave me that name on my naming and ever since, he addressed me as such.”
“Now to the ARIKE, my man gave me that name ,and I cherish it so much, so ‘ARIKE NI MI’…
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