Popular Nigerian skit maker, Denilson Igwe, has made a shocking allegation against his former colleague and collaborator, Mark Angel, and issues that led to their fallout.
Raye24reporters reports that in a snippet of the upcoming episode of ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast with media personality Nedu, Denilson said he parted ways with Mark after discovering that the latter was cheating him and the rest of the crew members.
According to him, Mark was working as a security guard at Kilimanjaro, GRA, Port Harcourt before they began filming their famous skits.
Denilson claimed he was responsible for the videography content of Mark Angel’s Comedy, which Mark posted on Facebook, but he was not informed when their social media page got monetized.
He also alleged that Mark did not give him a dime from the proceeds of the monetization until 2016, when he gave him ₦50,000 after buying a car for himself.
The skit maker added that Mark paid their top star, Emmanuella ₦20,000 monthly, despite making $160,000 monthly from the Mark Angel Comedy’s Facebook revenue.
He said, “I was the one that started Mark Angel Comedy. I’m an orphan… Mark was the elder brother of the house. He was a security guard at Kilimanjaro, GRA, Port Harcourt.
“I was learning camera work from a man called Ifeanyi and I stole one of the cameras. So in our own free time, we will shoot comic videos.
“Mark then suggested that we should create a Facebook page [to post our comedy videos] which I accepted, not knowing even when it was monetised.
“I just kept filming. Then suddenly in 2014, Mark bought a car. I asked him how he was able to afford it, and he lied that someone gifted him the car, and I accepted. I haven’t received a dime from Mark Angel Comedy revenue then.
“He started paying Emmanuella ₦20,000 monthly. Her parents were poor so they didn’t even know the value of what their daughter was doing.
“No one knew the revenue it was generating. 2016 was the first time he gave me ₦50,000 and told me that the comedy wasn’t generating revenue. And we were making $160,000 monthly off Mark Angel Comedy’s Facebook revenue then.”
Meanwhile, Mark Angel is yet to react to the allegations.
