Popular actress, Hilda Dokubo hasn’t been in the public
glare for a while now. Even before she served as a Special
Adviser on Youth Affairs to former Rivers State Governor,
Peter Odili, she had rarely been seen in movies.
Nollywood actress.
She has featured in several block-
She has featured in several block-
buster movies over the years that have won her millions of
fans. Of particular fascination is the emotional way she
plays her role. She cries easily on camera, and she can be
said to be a method-actor, as her portrayal is graphic and
distinct.
The role-interpreter was in Lagos recently where she
ministered as a Pastor at the Fresh Oil International
Church. During her sermon, she revealed some part of her
past that may be unknown to many. While speaking, she
said, “I was born with a silver spoon, but death turned me
poverty-stricken after my father died when I was just nine.
I turned away from God at that point, because I felt
disappointed that despite how much my father loved and
served God, he still died.”
She continued, “After my dad died, my mother completely
lost her mind. If she were living in the US, I’m sure she
would have been diagnosed as a mental case. You know,
in Nigeria, we don’t consider people mad until they have
started eating from dustbins. I rebelled against God at that
point, and I stopped going to church at the age of nine.
“However, I was a very brilliant girl, and I got admission
into the university at the age of 16. I became rascally and
did what girls like that do. I slept with a man, and I became
pregnant. It wasn’t the Holy-Spirit that impregnated me.
My mom was devastated and disappointed in me because
of that. I was also angry with her because ‘her God’ killed
my father, and we stopped speaking to each other.
One day, a man came to me and said he needed a barge. I
didn’t know what it was, and he told me it was used to
store oil.
I then recalled that I had once seen a barge in the
compound opposite ours. I went to the neighbour and told
him I needed the barge. He asked me what I needed it for,
but I told him not to worry.
I told them to put the barge in front of my mother’s house.
At that point, the man who told me he needed the barge
came back, and dropped sacks of money containing N2m
with my mom because I was in school at that time.
Two weeks later, he returned with N500,000, and I was
dumbfounded.
Before then, I had never seen N100,000
together, but there I was as a millionaire at 17, not
knowing what to do with the money.
I would have become a prostitute, but I became restless
and challenged destiny. Your life cannot change for the
better if you don’t challenge destiny. Even God challenged
destiny.”
“However, I was a very brilliant girl, and I got admission
into the university at the age of 16. I became rascally and
did what girls like that do. I slept with a man, and I became
pregnant. It wasn’t the Holy-Spirit that impregnated me.
My mom was devastated and disappointed in me because
of that. I was also angry with her because ‘her God’ killed
my father, and we stopped speaking to each other.
One day, a man came to me and said he needed a barge. I
didn’t know what it was, and he told me it was used to
store oil.
I then recalled that I had once seen a barge in the
compound opposite ours. I went to the neighbour and told
him I needed the barge. He asked me what I needed it for,
but I told him not to worry.
I told them to put the barge in front of my mother’s house.
At that point, the man who told me he needed the barge
came back, and dropped sacks of money containing N2m
with my mom because I was in school at that time.
Two weeks later, he returned with N500,000, and I was
dumbfounded.
Before then, I had never seen N100,000
together, but there I was as a millionaire at 17, not
knowing what to do with the money.
I would have become a prostitute, but I became restless
and challenged destiny. Your life cannot change for the
better if you don’t challenge destiny. Even God challenged
destiny.”
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