Nigerians Should Learn To Pray For Future Partners Who Know Christ – Kalu Ikeagwu

Nollywood actor, Kalu Ikeagwu, has come out to say that he was once a victim of domestic violence while in a toxic relationship. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, like several young Nigerians out there, he has been in toxic relationships while ignoring red flags in the past, but he eventually grew and learned to detect the warning signs early enough while giving no abuser any benefit of the doubt.

Kalu added that people should learn to always search for a future partner who knows Christ and serves Him wholeheartedly, and those searching for such a partner should ensure they are serving God faithfully and diligently as well.

His words, “Yes, I have experienced toxic relationships and ignored red flags, as most young people would.

I learnt very quickly to spot those red flags early on and to never assume people can or will change. A leopard does not change its spots.

The fear of God kept me in check. I remained calm, removed all emotion from the situation and maintained complete control until the escalation died down.

Today, I am much the better for it. I thank God I trusted Him through the process. I am still benefitting from it till tomorrow.

I think raising awareness about domestic violence and toxic relationships is a good thing to wake people up to the reality that these two maligning issues are on the increase in society.

However, I think a deluge of media coverage on domestic violence would have little or no impact if the cause of the prevalent violence is not addressed.

I feel that Nigerian laws are sufficient enough to protect women and children from domestic violence, but are the justice system and the authorities doing enough to protect them? I don’t think so.

There is a lack of will for various reasons— political and otherwise— to adequately enforce the law to punish the perpetrators of violence and deter would-be offenders. This could be the major reason for the increase in domestic violence.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.