You Lied, I Paid You The 30k, Basketmouth Tackles AY

Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has refuted claims by his rival, AY that he refused to pay his N30,000 fee, adding that was not the reason for their rift.

AY, also known as Ayodeji Richard Makun, in an interview last month had claimed the crux of his 17-year rift with Basketmouth was as a result of an event he attended and was not paid his N30,000 fee.

However, Basketmouth in an interview with OAP Nedu on ‘The Honest Bunch’, said 90% of what his colleague said in the interview “was a lie”.

His words; “So what happened was Alibaba called me, he said I should check AY out and put him on, so I put him on laugh and jams back then, we were supposed to come together to start something .

“i heard something that threw me off, things I was not supposed to hear and know. I was shocked and I could not tell him what I heard, so I kept shut and I waited for him to do something first. I distanced myself from him.

“When the matter came up, there was no client, if 20 percent of what he said was a lie, I won’t get mad but 90 percent of what he said was a lie, I was still in shock, and all my guys were laughing at me because they warned me.

“It was just one job. You know the funny men I have around me. How will I jump them and give a show to that guy?

“When I heard he was not paid, I told Magnus to pay him and they paid him. He removed that information.”

“No client was involved. It was me, him, and Magnus, and when he did what he did, I was not surprised because I was expecting him to do it. That was when I gave him space. There was never friendship, there was never a time.”

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