Nigerian comedian Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, also known as Destalker, recently revealed the reason behind his decision to leave his job as a pallbearer.
Initially, Destalker was content with his work and even had aspirations of starting his own undertaker band. However, a troubling incident changed his perspective.
During an interview with TVC, Destalker recounted an unfortunate moment when he and his fellow pallbearers were dancing with a casket, only for it to unexpectedly break into pieces after being thrown up in the air.
The shock and fear he experienced in that moment ultimately led Destalker to resign from his position as a pallbearer.
Destalker said, “When I joined the undertaker band initially, I wasn’t carrying caskets. I was only dancing because I know how to dance very well. I won best Makossa dancer in my street before.
“But after six or seven months, I started carrying caskets. I was really enjoying it but there was an incident that happened. Let me tell you why I stopped because by now I’m supposed to have my own undertaker band. We went to carry a female corpse from Asaba to Igbuzo. When we were about to enter the compound, the children of the deceased asked us to dance with the casket. As we were throwing it up, suddenly, it shattered. The coffin is fake
“It wasn’t funny. That was how I lost interest in the undertaker job.”
