May Edochie recounts first meeting with Yul Edochie: “We met at a GCE centre”

May Edochie, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, has revealed how she first met her former husband long before fame and marriage entered their lives.

Speaking on a lifestyle podcast, the mother of three recalled that their first encounter happened at a General Certificate Examination (GCE) centre during her early university days — a meeting she described as unexpected and far from glamorous.

May explained that she had just relocated from Lagos to pursue a degree at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) when she met Yul, who at the time was a student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

“Way back in school when I went to the East for my university, I’m a bookworm. It’s always been about books for me. We didn’t meet at a party or any glamorous setting — we met at a GCE centre,” she shared.

Reflecting on that period, May described herself as a studious young woman focused entirely on her academics, unaware that a simple examination encounter would later evolve into one of Nollywood’s most talked-about relationships.