Pere Egbi, a former BBNaija All Stars housemate, discusses his childhood and his father’s constant absence from his life.
In a recent interview with TV and radio personality Hero Daniels, the former US military soldier opened up.
Pere revealed that his father died while he was only four years old, and his sister was only three.
He expressed that his father’s absence had a small impact on him because other male characters in the household took on the role of a father and efficiently filled that position. This is one of the reasons he feels more connected to his mother’s home state of Bayelsa.
“I like to say I’m from Bayelsa State because my mum is from Bayelsa. My dad, however, is from Delta State. My father has never been a part of my life at all.
He left when I was about 4 and my younger sister was 3. He used to live in America before I was born. He came from America and married my mum, and then went back to America. A bunch of things happened, and my parents ended up separating. So, I was raised only practically by my mother.
I’m the first child and the only boy. My mum was the only one who did everything to make sure we had shelter, good education. She paid our school fees from kindergarten to secondary school. And then, I left Nigeria for the United States to do a nursing degree.
But before that, I joined the US military and served for six years. After serving, I came out and started my degree. I grew up in Warri because that was where I was born.”
