Nigerian actor, Yul Edochie, has revealed how his father, the Nollywood legend Pete Edochie used corporal punishment to stop him from quitting school.

According to him, he had wanted to quit school for business but the lashing of his life he received from his father ensured that he made a quick u-turn.

He made the revelation when a video of an angry father assaulting his son for fluffing his exams went viral on the internet.

The man, said to be a Zambian, did not understand why his son should fail in almost all his exams after he spent almost $21,000 paying his school fees.

He was captured slapping and punching his son in the living room, with the voice of a woman, suspected to be the man’s wife mounting a feeble protest.

The video has generated controversy on many social media platforms with mixed reaction.

In what could be seen as a defence of the man’s action, the Nollywood actor in a tweet revealed that his father gave him a beating that “reset my brain to factory setting”.

The 38-year-old actor took to Twitter to express gratitude to his father for that beating.

He posted: “In JS2, I told my father I didn’t want to go to school anymore, he should open electrical shop for me. He said ok. He invited me to his room, locked the door & pulled out his belt. He gave me a beating that reset my brain to factory setting. Look at me today. Thank you Dad!”.