Nigerian skit maker Denilson Igwe has revealed why he parted ways with his former collaborator Mark Angel.
Igwe who spoke in one of the episodes of ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast, alleged that he stopped working with Mark Angel Comedy when he found out that he and other crew members were not being paid commensurate with their roles and commitments to the success of the company.
He said he was the one who started Mark Angel Comedy but he did not know when the crew got monetized on Facebook.
He said “I am a comedian, actually. I was the one who started MarkAngel comedy. I am an orphan. Mark was the elder brother of the house. He’s doing security work in Kilimanjaro, Gra, Port Harcourt. I do camera work. I was learning camera work from a man, called Ifeanyi. So I stole the camera.
‘’On our own free time, I would do those comedy. So, Mark, okay, let us create a Facebook page. And I said, okay. I don’t even know when it was monetized or anything. So I just keep doing these stuff. So suddenly, in 2014, he bought a car. I said, how did you even get money to buy a car? He said, somebody gave it to him. I said, okay, fine.
‘’And the thing is, I have not received 1000 since that time.He started paying Emmanuella 20,000 every month. You know, we were pöor, our parents were just people staying in a mud house. And this, Emanuela, is just the same too.They don’t even know the value of money. Nobody knows what this thing is bringing.
‘’2016 was the first time he gave me 50,000 naira.He said, okay, just hold this one. It’s a ratio of what you guys make every month, and we’re making $160,000 back then. So, see, the only person that can talk about him now is me. they said if you talk about him you will díe, he will just finish you, those who spoke about him in the past all díèd in a mystèrious way but he can’t klll me cos am an orphan.”