See what bros Alibaba Says....
For years the comedian tagged king of them all has had to live with the
rumour that his career got a boost when he met his ex wife patricia leon
and that he lived off spending her money....for years he kept quiet and
tried to swallow the talks but i guess the 'enough is enough' slogan
caught up with him and the comedian has cleared the air via his faceook
profile in a note he tagged me on tittled ''My Point is....''.
Be patient and read.
Alibaba says..
''First
things first, i know some of u will say this is uncalled for. Some will
even say, we already know. But for those who know, its important u also
know that so many dont know. So pls if u have the time, read it. Its
really not a piece i shld be writing, but in the face of thousands of
lies being told in the name of justifying their false convictions, some
people just believe the wrong things and pass on same as truth. Which is
then circulated. And when u keep quiet, its often taken to mean the
truth.
Every so often I am forced to explain myself or rebut some
issues that bother on my integrity and dignity. I have worked hard for
my FAME and with God, I still manage to remain relevant. Until now, or
to be sincere, recently, people did not know that Comedians earned as
much as they did. Mohammed DANJUMA, YIBO KOKO, TeeA, Basorge Tariah Jnr
and a whole lot of the first generation comics, tried to keep our new
found goldmine under the radar. Not until the second generation came.
And started the laau laau spending and blew our covers. Till now I still
try to advise my younger colleagues on the gains of prudence.
This
explained why, initially people thought comedians were paid peanuts.
But clients who had paid for our services, were quick to correct you
anytime u tried to cheapen our services. Some clients call me and offer
some amount and are shocked when I refer them to younger collected who
charge within their budget. But to be fair, those who use our services
these days know TALK IS NOT CHEAP!
Anyway, if you know me by now,
u wld already have guessed that this piece is not going to be about
what we charge per se. But I had to mention it to give u a background to
what the write up is about.
Back in the mid 90s, I earned my
first million as a comedian, at that time, as a young graduate, u only
can run into such wealth through the corridors of 419. But I got mine,
through the help of Satzenbrau. So by the end of the 90s I was coasting
home with between 100 and 200k per show. I already was living in a 5
bedroom duplex, that used to be Regina Askia's residence, in Ilupeju.
Then
I moved to Lekki phase 1, in 99. In 2000, I was introduced to the
presidency and I moved into the 1million per show bracket. No be GOD?
I
married Patricia Leon about that time. She was at the time working in
Multichoice and lived in a 2 Studio apartment on Opebi, behind
Niteshift. Without being specific with figures, let's just say her
monthly take home was below 100k monthly. Now this was at the time when I
had started charging between 500k and 800k (depending on negotiating
skills) Don't also forget that besides Mohammed DANJUMA and maybe 2
others, I was the first call for events. I WAS BUSY.
I was
therefore able to give my wife, without breaking a sweat, a monthly
salary the same with what she got as a staff of Multichoice. She cashed
her cheques at the UBA on Aboyade Cole. That was besides other bills at
home and her wardrobe. THAT IS WHAT A HUSBAND IS SUPPOSED TO DO. And I
did it well. I must add that even after we parted ways, I still provided
for her... Up till a point. Now that point was when I read an interview
that painted me like a gigolo. And I stopped being a nice guy.
I
know some of you are going, "who cares whether you took care of her or
not?", apparently some people do. Those who undermine my hardwork and
prefer to believe I lived off Patricia Leon. Usually when I try to set
the records straight, friends will say, let them say what they want to
say. Sadly, the lies are taking on true colours. Some now say it was Pat
that made me. You are better not give God's glory to no man. Or else
you will answer for it.
If I may ask, if Ay, TeeA, Baskethmouth,
Julius, Basorge and Gbenga had married SOCIALITES wld they have been
considered as living off their wives? Am very sure if any of them had
married a banker, lawyer, business woman or Socialite, none of the
affluence they exhibit now wld have been from their hardwork. It wld
have been because they married their spouses.
As much as I agree
that it's nobody's business how I live my life, I also believ that when
that life I am living is now given a reputation of someone who lives
off women, I also owe myself the right to state it clearly that it is
not true.
Don't go thinking Pat and I are not friends. Far from
it. This piece is not about making her look bad or me looking good, but
it is to put it on record that I stated the facts and in these days of
FOI law, to have it documented, because, anyone who writes anything to
discredit my hard earned reputation and professional integrity wld pay
for painting me in bad light.
But like I was told by one of my
big brosses, some spread the false tales because it justifies their
present states. "I heard u and Alibaba graduated the same year" and am
sure u can predict the next line... "Yes o! The guy don hammer. Na
Patricia Leon money he dey spend!" That way its easy to discount my
hustles and imply that if it were not for Pat, he and I wld have still
been on the same level. Guess what? Pat is still alive, go and let her
spend on you too.
This was the point I tried to make in my note
THE HILARY FACTOR. And my point then and now, was and is, that when
Obama decided not to pick Hilary Clinton as VP, I knew why. People wld
have said he rode on her wings to win. He didn't pick her and he won. In
my case, there was nothing wrong in riding on my wife's wings or
financial edge to succeed. If there was. There wasn't. And in truth, my
marrying her cost me my Multichoice account. Because I stopped doing
events for them once we were married. U can clear that with JSP
Communications.
After saying all these, my point is... Give GOD
credit when he deserves it. Or else u wld be bearing false witness
against your neighbour and offending GOD. Plus the small fact that u
also are robbing me of some applause.
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