‘We have longevity in my family’: Pete Edochie debunks death rumours

Veteran Nollywood actor Pete Edochie has debunked rumours of his death trending on social media.

The false claim alleged that Edochie was rushed to the hospital and died on Monday, February 9, 2026.

Debunking the death rumours in a telephone conversation with Vanguard on Tuesday, the veteran actor, who will turn 79 on March 7, said: “I’m alive and will die when my maker calls me home.

“I have been killed about seven times. There was a time they said I travelled abroad and died there.

“At other times, they said that the plane I boarded from Enugu to Ethiopia suddenly crashed and I didn’t survive.

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“There was also a day, my wife woke up to prepare for church service, when her telephone rang and the caller said he heard that I passed away this morning.”

Edochie added: “Last year, somebody from Ghana alleged that Pete Edochie was already in the grave.

“However, there was something late Nnamdi Azikwe thought me when I interviewed him. He said that anybody who’s wishing you death will die before you. All those people that wished Zik death died before him. That was what I learnt from Zik. On the 7th of March, I will be 79. My father died at 96, so we have longevity in my family.”

The Star