{
  "id": 7612781,
  "title": "‘I started acting in 1958’ – Lere Paimo counters Pete Edochie’s seniority claim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/i-started-acting-in-1958-lere-paimo-counters-pete-edochies-seniority",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-15T18:56:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/15/i-started-acting-in-1958-lere-paimo-counters-pete-edochies-seniority-claim/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Veteran Yoruba actor Lere Paimo has responded to Pete Edochie's claim that he started acting in 1962, asserting that he began his career four years earlier, in 1958. Paimo made this claim during an interview with actor Kunle Afod, which was later posted on YouTube. Edochie had previously claimed that he started his acting career at the age of 15 in 1962, and had challenged actors who claimed to have started their careers before him to come forward and provide evidence to support their assertions. In response, Paimo stated that he was already acting when Edochie began his career, and cited the presence of prominent actors like Hubert Ogunde, as well as the production of major Yoruba movies during that time, as evidence that indigenous Nigerian theatre predates English-language film productions.",
  "summary": "Veteran Yoruba actor, Lere Paimo, says he started acting in 1958 – four years before his colleague, Pete Edochie. Paimo made the claim during an interview with actor Kunle Afod, posted on YouTube. Paimo was countering Edochie’s claim that he started his acting career in 1962, at 15. Paimo insisted that that he was already […] ‘I started acting in 1958’ – Lere Paimo counters Pete Edochie’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}