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Nigerian actor, award winning comedian and director “Charles Inojie” recently revealed how popular slang “Na dem rush” went viral in August 2018.

The graduate of the University of Port Harcourt made this known on “Chat room with Woli Arole” show on Instagram recently.

Inojie said the film he acted 10 years ago was God’s way of paying him for his hard work.

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“I can sit-back to say that was God in action, to pay me for all the years of hard work, for all the years I’ve done a number one job from the number two position, to pay me for my diligence, handwork, believe, which word people no quick see. One gift God gave me and I think he never wanted the gift unnoticed, that was why he went back almost 10 years back to bring something and threw it forward and said son reap from this because I gave you the gift and that gift is the gift of spontaneity, the gift to instantaneously, get to a subtext, jump out of the script, jump into the subtext and still connect with the script. It is a gift. I have the capacity to wow my director as an actor. Once I look at the script, look at my role and I know this is the ultimate destination of this character. God gave me that gift to be able to immediately harness all of those ingredients to enable the character to quickly accelerate to get to his ultimate destination. So, that was how ‘na dem day rush us’ came.

“Somebody had asked me only recently if the lines were written and I asked the person when you hear am did they sound like something someone can sit down to write? E no fit happen, how them wan take write am.”

Speaking further with the CEO of the screen Writers Guild of Nigeria (SWGN) explained that the provision of his role has a positive impact on the slang.

“The delivery is as important as the lines, something was written, but how you deliver the questions of those lines matters. It is another ball game, and it was the delivery that changed the game. That was how the line came “Inojie noted.

Inojie who began his career as an assistant director before starting full time in acting and filmmaking, says he likes directing adding that “I like to step back and see a play that I have directed, how they accept it and the impact it makes.”

Inojie Charles, who is better known by his role name “Lucky Johnson” is popular for his role in “The Johnsons” sitcom.