Nedu Wazobia (born Chinedu Ani Emmanuel) is a Nigerian on-air personality, broadcast journalist, TV presenter, actor, comedian and content creator. He is known for his pidgin rendition of the daily news on popular radio station Wazobia FM 94.1 Lagos.[1]

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Nedu Wazobia
Born	(1982-08-05) 5 August 1982 (age 40)
Other names	Nkechi, Officer Jato
Occupation	On-air personality, comedian, actor, presenter, events compere
Organization	Wazobia FM

Early life and career

Nedu was born in Kaduna, Nigeria. He studied accountancy at Madonna University, Elele Okija, Anambra state. He had his NYSC in Jigawa in a radio station as an on air personality. He moved back to Abuja to work as a site manager, a period which he tagged unfulfilled. After 2 years working as a site manager, he moved to Lagos to fulfill his age-long dream of being a broadcaster and entertainer.[2]

Comedy

Nedu is known for his alter ego personalities of Sister Nkechi,[3] Alhaji Musa, EndTime Landlord and Officer Jato. He has a following of over 1.3 million people on Instagram.[4]

Personal life

Nedu married Uzoamaka Ohiri in 2013, but their marriage crashed in 2018. The estranged couple have three children together.[5] Nedu claimed his marriage has been dissolved but his estranged wife has said otherwise and has challenged him to produce the divorce papers.[6]

DNA controversy

Ohiri, on Friday, September 3, 2021 called out Nedu for domestic violence. She accused Nedu of battering her a few weeks after she was delivered of their child by a Cesarean section.[7] On September 4, 2021, Nedu responded to his wife's allegations and denied physically violating his wife.[8] Nedu would later respond to her claims saying their marriage was plagued with a lot of issues. He wrote, ‘‘Our marriage was plagued with a lot of issues. One of which was continuous infidelity from her side that led to me conducting a paternity test on our kids which led to the revelation that our first son is not my biological son even though he was born within the period during which we were married’’. To substantiate his claims, he also posted a copy of the DNA test which was conducted by a forensic laboratory, Viaguard Accu-metrics, located in Toronto Canada. The radio personality and Instagram skit maker, said, "The continuous infidelity from her side made me conduct a paternity test on our kids which led to the revelation that our first son is not my biological son".[9]

Although Uzoamaka had said that she did not cheat on Nedu during their brief marriage, she noted that she did not intentionally give another man's baby to her ex-husband.[10] Uzoamaka stated that she was already pregnant for her ex before she married Nedu, albeit, unbeknownst to her. Uzoamaka claimed that shortly after her previous relationship ended, she decided to get to know Nedu, then they were married while she was pregnant, not knowing that he wasn't responsible for the pregnancy. She was visibly pregnant during the wedding and everyone could see it. She said that it was communications issues which were solely responsible for the disruption of their marriage. She said that their marriage was plagued with domestic violence and that it was not the DNA test report that led to their eventual divorce.[11]

Filmography

• Who Cheats More, 2017
• Isoken, 2017
• Meet the In-Laws, 2017
• Boss of All Bosses, 2018 [12]
• King of Boys, 2018 [13]
• Chief Daddy, 2018 [14]
• Flatmates - 2018 [15]
• Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke

Brands and endorsements

Nedu is a brand influencer.[16] He is a brand ambassador for popular brands like MTN,[17] Fidelity Bank, Quickteller and Sun Lottery.[18]

External Links

OfficialNeduTV on YouTube

References