“He forced me to give him ‘osiba’, which is against my tradition” – Singer, Cynthia Morgan shares encounter with veteran actor, Pete Edochie

Nigerian singer, Cynthia Morgan has shared an hit upon she had with inclined Nollywood actor Pete Edochie in 2016.

After a video of Pete exchanging pleasantries with revered Yoruba monarch, the Ooni of Ife, surfaced online and garnered reactions, Morgan took to her Instagram page to tell an incident where she claimed Pete compelled her to live one thing in opposition to her custom.

The video showed Pete Edochie shaking palms with the Ooni of Ife rather than prostrating or bowing down, as is archaic in Yoruba custom.

This action by Pete Edochie received criticism on social media, with many fascinated about it disrespectful to the king.

In response, Cynthia Morgan counseled Pete for respecting the Igbo custom all the diagram by the alternate however accused him of disregarding the traditions and beliefs of other tribes.

She recounted her bear trip in 2016 in Okrika, Port Harcourt, where Pete, as a titled man, allegedly compelled her to present him an “osiba,” which is in opposition to her Benin custom.

“Osiba” merely ability to bend a bit in front of an elder for a pat on the abet. It’s a signal of admire in Benin.

She acknowledged that as a Benin lady, it is regarded as taboo for her to present a titled Igbo man like Pete Edochie an osiba, however she claimed that he made her live it in opposition to her will, thereby disrespecting the Benin custom.

Cynthia Morgan remarkable that she hopes that Pete Edochie would be taught to admire other folks’s traditions as he had respected his bear.

“I like the truth that Pete Edochie’s custom is being respected lately, and I hope he learns to admire other peoples’ traditions too transferring forward. As an example, that Benin girls people can no longer give a overall or titled Igbo man an ‘osiba’ for no accurate reason. Unlike when he compelled me to present him an ‘osiba’ in 2016 in Okrika exactly. Cheers,” she wrote.