Controversy as Pete Edochie says it is wrong for a man to kneel and propose to a woman

Veteran Nollywood Actor, Pete Edochie is in the news this time for a controversial statement he made in a trendy video on men kneeling down to propose to their intended. In fact there is a Controversy as Pete Edochie says it is wrong for a man to kneel and propose to a woman.

Pete Edochie, who has basically acted as a traditionalist in most of his movies, ranging from the days of his role in the Chinua Achebe’s Novel turned series “Things fall apart”, has come out to say that he finds it absurd with the younger generation trend of kneeling to propose to the woman they want to marry. In his words, any man who does that is an idiot and a compound born fool

In the Video, where he was interviewed to speak on the Igbo Culture, he voiced out that it was not in the Igbo culture for a man to kneel before his bride to be. Edochie has admonished igbo elders and told them to correct the younger men of this generation who have imbibed the western culture of going down on one knee to propose to their bride to be

The actor explained that kneeling down in front of a lady in Igbo tradition means handing over the authority to her. The actor said it is totally wrong for an Igbo man to kneel before his bride.

However, this Statement has sparked off controversy as some celebrities have come out to say that they disagree with the the Actor. One of such celebrities of course is Daddy freeze who through social media have opposed what Pete Edochie said.

Daddy freeze took to his Instagram handle and said in a video ” with no disrespect to you sir, if you consider kneeling down before one’s bride to be a western thing, let’s start with your name PETE which is western and christian. i think some of our traditions are wicked and should be done away. If you consider a man who kneels before a woman a Compound Born Fool, what do you say about men who marry under age girls or traditions where women are forced to drink the bathing water of their Late husband’s corpse, those sort of people doing such are the ones to be called born fools”

Still on the Controversy as Pete Edochie says it is wrong for a man to kneel and propose to a woman, Daddy Freeze asked Pete Edochie to be like Mary Slessor and help do away with some of these horrible African traditions.