Denilson Igwe, a well-known comedian and skit maker, has revealed details about his falling out with his former collaborator, Mark Angel.
In a sneak peek of an upcoming episode of ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast, Igwe suggested that the reason for their split was due to Mark cheating him and the rest of the crew members.
According to Igwe, he was the one who started Mark Angel Comedy and was responsible for filming the content that Mark would then post on Facebook. However, he was left in the dark when the Facebook page began making money.
He claimed that he didn’t receive any share of the monetization until 2016 when Mark gave him N50,000 after buying a car for himself.
Igwe also alleged that Emmanuella, one of the crew’s top stars, was only paid N20,000 monthly despite the fact that they were making $160,000 monthly from the 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 N20,000 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 N50,000 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.”
Mark Angel is yet to react to the allegations.
