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Ejike Asiegbu<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nVeteran actor and current National President of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ejike Asiegbu has paid his dues so far in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
\nWith a thriving career spanning over two decades, the University of Port-Harcourt, Theatre Arts graduate has traversed television and stage productions before berthing in Nollywood\u2019s big screens as a home video actor.
\nMotivation and drive
\nGod, I believe in him so much.
\nFirst movie
\nI can\u2019t remember but Gabosky\u2019s Nneka, The Pretty Serpent in 1993, was among my earliest movies.
\nBackground
\nI have a lovely wife, Ogechi, we are blessed with three beautiful children, our first daughter is six our set of twins (boys) are four. We hail from Umuahia North LGA of Abia State. I had my primary education in the east before the civil war, I\u2019m above 40, but was born in Makurdi, Benue State dad is alive and mum late.
\nI\u2019m from a family of six; two boys and four girls, one of them is late. As the son of a civil servant, we kept moving round the federation on transfer. I\u2019m a Theatre Arts graduate and I majored in directing and trained under the late Prof. Ola Rotimi. I also played football to the division level in Enugu before my dad stopped me. Also, most people did not know I featured in the television production of Things Fall Apart then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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