By Ishaya Ibrahim
Ace comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has reacted to the N30,000 he allegedly owes AY Makun, his colleague for a gig.
The two comedians have reportedly not been on talking terms in the last 17 years over the N30,000.
According to AY, the falling-out occurred in 2006 when he stood in for Basketmouth at a gig.
After the event, AY requested the N30,000 payment he was owed but was told that the person who hired Basketmouth had not paid. When AY contacted the person, they said they had already paid in full before the event. This led to a dispute between AY and Basketmouth, with AY insisting that he be paid the N30,000 he was owed. Basketmouth, on the other hand, accused AY of stirring up trouble and not being a loyal friend.
The situation escalated, and the two comedians stopped working together.
AY explained that he tried to reconcile with Basketmouth years later, but Basketmouth refused, saying, “I’m a beast, I don’t forgive.”
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Despite this, AY maintains that he has no ill will towards his former friend and hopes they can patch things up someday.
But Basketmouth, who had kept mum since AY gave his side of the story, broke his own silence on the latest edition of Nedu’s Honest Bunch podcast, saying AY was never his friend.
He claimed the N30,000 was later paid to AY after learning about it, which he claimed AY conveniently omitted in his allegation.