Controversial Nollywood Star turned pastor, Yul Edochie has began trending after his recent comments on social media.

The actor took to his Instagram account to admonish Nigerians to embrace the deities and not burn them as it is part of their history.

He wrote; “Deities are not evil; Nigerians should desist from burning shrines and traditional deities.

“It was the white man that convinced people to believe their traditions are evil; the ploy was to make us abandon our ways and embrace theirs so as to make slavery easy.

“Nigerians need to wake up and start embracing their traditions and culture; many deities acknowledge God Almighty.

“Burning them could bring perpetual trouble. If you don’t understand something, leave it. If it is not disturbing you, don’t disturb it.”

The actor's comments has generated numerous backlash from social media users as they disagreed with his comments.