Nollywood actor Chinedu Ikedieze, better known as Aki, has talked about painful things that happened to him as a child because he was small and his growth was stunted.
He told media personality Chude Jideonwo that kids in his neighborhood often made fun of him when he was growing up. He said that the insults followed him everywhere, and that even his brothers and sisters sometimes used the same hurtful names when they fought, which made it even worse for him.
He said that the constant teasing hurt him deeply and made him feel very low. He even thought about killing himself at one point because he felt so bad about how people treated him and how society saw him.
Chinedu also talked about how his mother helped him during those hard times. He said she was there for him, comforted him, and told him to ignore the insults. She told him to focus on his schoolwork and make a future for himself because he couldn’t do physical work like most boys his age.
He said, “Kids in my neighborhood always made fun of me.” Even my brothers and sisters would call me the same hurtful names when we fought. The way people treated me made me feel very bad. At one point, I thought the load was too heavy to carry.
“I thought society was being unfair to me. When things were really hard, my mom was there for me. She told me to ignore the mean things people said and focus on school. I wasn’t able to do the same kind of physical work as the other boys. Her advice helped me find my way and gave me hope for the future. Those words helped me find the way to success.
