Ugezu Ugezu Warns Against Embezzling Community Funds
Veteran Nollywood actor and filmmaker Ugezu Ugezu has issued a stern caution to those who enrich themselves by diverting community funds.
Sharing his thoughts on Instagram, Ugezu noted that such individuals rarely end well, and in cases where they do, the consequences often fall on their successors. He questioned why people continue to engage in such practices despite the obvious dangers.
“People who survive by embezzling community funds do not always end well. Where they manage to end well, the curse waits for their successors. This is commonplace. I don’t know why people still do it. Karma is faceless. Only a foolish person will leave curses for his or her successors,” he wrote.
This isn’t the first time the filmmaker has weighed in on sensitive social issues. Last year, Ugezu highlighted how Nigeria’s ancestors valued women and granted them political power, adding that patriarchy only took root when modern women challenged ancient traditions.
He has also advised African youths to show respect when addressing elders, warning that insults towards parents or older people have lasting repercussions.
The actor once recounted the story of a Nigerian doctor who sold his practice to relocate abroad, only to end up as a butcher in the U.S.—a sobering tale he used to stress the harsh realities of migration.
On the controversial paternity debate, Ugezu openly criticized the rise of DNA testing, describing it as a practice tearing families apart. According to him, “Any child born to an African man is an African man’s child.”