In-law Calls Out 'Husband-Snatcher's Marital Hypocrisy

The long-simmering tensions within Nigeria's famous Edochie family erupted anew when veteran Nollywood actress Rita Edochie unleashed a fiery Instagram tirade against her nephew Yul Edochie's second wife, Judy Austin.

Earlier, Judy had shared advice urging young women to avoid rushing into marriage solely because of pregnancy, warning they would regret it and emphasizing mental readiness.

The post prompted Rita to respond with unfiltered fury.

Rita, wife of Yul's uncle, directly called out the perceived double standard in a lengthy post.

She wrote, 'WHEN YOU SEE AN ADVICE THAT CONTRADICTS YOUR PERSON SIMPLY SHUT UP AND REST at one CORNER, SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY INCOMPETENT AND INELIGIBLE FOR THE KIND OF ADVICE THEY DISH OUT SOLU OKWU ONU M MANA ESO NA OMUMEM (follow my words but not my action). 'IMPOSSIBLE!!!! IF YOU MUST PREACH IT... THEN YOU MUST BE A PERFECT EXAMPLE."

She continued: 'PART ONE; INTENTIONAL INDEED.......... 'IN HER WORDS: 'DON’T MARRY A MAN BECAUSE YOU GOT PREGNANT FOR HIM.' TO ME, THIS SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING BUT AN INDIRECT SELF JUDGEMENT, A SILENT CONFESSION WRAPPED IN FAKE WISDOM.

'HOW CAN SOMEONE BOLDLY PREACH AGAINST AN ACT SHE’S ALREADY GUILTY OF? HOW DO YOU WARN OTHERS AGAINST A ROAD YOU BUILT A HOUSE ON? ISN’T THAT HYPOCRISY WEARING PERFUME?

'LET’S NOT PRETEND PLEASE. THAT OTHER WOMAN’S HUSBAND YOU GRABBED, WAS IT NOT BECAUSE YOU GOT PREGNANT FOR HIM? OR WAS IT A SPIRIT YOU CONCEIVED FOR? TELL US, WAS IT A GHOST THAT LEFT HIS WIFE AND WENT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH OGBOMMANU MEN TO PAY YOUR BRIDE PRICE THAT IS NEVER RECOGNISED?

'LET’S STOP DECEIVING THE PUBLIC IN THE NAME OF 'ADVICE.' IF WE MUST PREACH, LET’S PREACH FROM A PLACE OF TRUTH, NOT FROM THE SAME DIRT WE’RE TRYING TO COVER UP.

'DON’T COME ONLINE FORMING SAINT WHEN YOUR HISTORY IS LOUD ENOUGH TO ECHO THROUGH WALLS. DON’T DISH OUT MORALITY LESSONS WHEN YOUR OWN FOUNDATION IS CRACKED AND SHAKY.

'YOU CAN’T PLAY VICTIM IN ONE BREATH AND PRETEND TO BE A ROLE MODEL IN THE NEXT. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE FIT TO ADVISE YOUNG LADIES OUT THERE, YOU WOULDN’T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE FIRST 50 ON THAT LIST.

'MAYBE IT’S BEEN LONG YOU TRENDED. MAYBE THE SILENCE ONLINE WAS TOO HEAVY FOR YOU, SO YOU DECIDED TO SHAKE THE TABLE AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME, THE TABLE ISN’T MOVING, IT’S LAUGHING.

'YOU TALK ABOUT VALUES AS IF YOU’VE LIVED BY ANY. YOU TALK ABOUT MISTAKES AS IF YOURS DON’T STILL SLEEP BESIDE YOU EVERY NIGHT. DON’T CONFUSE ATTENTION WITH RELEVANCE . BECAUSE SOMETIMES, THE LOUDEST VOICES ARE THE MOST GUILTY ONES.

'LET’S BE REAL.

'A BLIND MAN CAN NOT LEAD A BLIND MAN. A BROKEN VESSEL CANNOT TEACH OTHERS HOW TO STAY WHOLE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!

'SO BEFORE YOU COME OUT TO 'ADVISE' YOUNG WOMEN, CHECK YOUR OWN STORY FIRST. CLEAN YOUR OWN MIRROR.

'BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW BRIGHT YOUR MAKEUP LOOKS, YOUR TRUTH STILL BLEEDS THROUGH THE CRACKS . GOOD MORNING GREAT LOVERS OF RITA EDOCHIE BIKO, I NO WANT MEK ANYBODY MEK ME VEX OOOO BODY DEY PEPPER ME OOOO.

'I DEY COME WITH THE PART 2."