Dunacan Mighty is alleging he organised a show on behalf of Gov.Rotimi
Amaechi of Rivers State and hasn't been given his balance ..He says his
colleagues who he brought for the show feel he is a traitor and
collected money which he did not ....Read mail sent in..
CALL TO GOVERNOR AMAECHI TO PAY ME FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO HIM AND HIS GOVERNMENT. FRIENDS NOW CALL ME A TRAITOR/SABOTEUR.………DUNCAN MIGHTY
"It is on record that on the
30th of March 2011, I, Mr. Okechukwu Duncan Mighty single handedly
organized a Celebrity Youth Endorsement Concert in Port Harcourt where I
successfully endorsed over 18,000 youths who are eligible voters for
the Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
During the organization of the event under the express approval of the
Governor of Rivers State and his cabinet, he gave me the sum of Ten
Million Naira through the then secretary to the state Govt. Senator
Magnus Abe which totally went into the project. The Governor also gave
me his word that the balance of Fifty Million Naira will be paid to me
as soon as possible.
In pursuit of the said project, I thereafter raised funds through
different sources including personal savings, loans and credit
facilities, acquired operational vehicles and branded them for the
project, procured several souvenirs, printed many publicity materials,
paid for venues, engaged musicians from different parts
of the country, undertook logistics such as flight/Accommodation/Transportation and welfare.
The event featured the following A List artistes, comedians and a collection of many Port Harcourt Artistes:
Wande Coal and the Mo. Hits Records crew
Flavour
Banky W
M.I
Ice Prince
Timaya
Stereo Man
Terry G
Jessy Jags
Dj Jimmyjatt
I go die
I go save
And lots more.
The project was concluded as scheduled and the results were achieved,
but since then it has become almost impossible to have an audience with
the Governor so as to get my balance.
I also visited the Government House on several occasions, and all efforts to get my money proved abortive.
However, the last straw that broke the camel's back was when the
governor systematically started avoiding my calls and personal visits in
a bid to deprive me of the balance of the money for a job which I
successfully executed.
It is also on record that I have not charged the Rivers State Government
a single dime of m y professional appearance fee, due to my personal
reason/resolve to give back to the society which made me, starting from
the government of Rivers State as a mark of honor and respect.
The rumor mills have it that the Governor of Rivers State has given me juicy contracts
including all manner of flashy cars, but I stand here today to debunk
such tales, because I have not received as much as a bicycle spoke from
Governor Amaechi.
My love for the Ikwerre ethnic nationality, the Niger Delta project and
the Nigerian dream has seen me working for virtually everything I own
today because there is dignity in labour, hence I can never resort to
cheap blackmail or character assassination of any person, group or
association, therefore I stand to make this
declaration that all I am asking for is the payment of my money, thus, this should not be seen as a political campaign of any sort.
Permit me to bring to your notice, the fact that many of his personal aids and security details have
come to me
severally, soliciting for financial assistance which I have usually
offered them without any hesitation, not knowing that they all have the
notion that their boss, Governor Amaechi has been favoring me through
contracts, meanwhile this is not also true.
I have tried frantically on several occasions to meet with the Governor
one on one so as to resolve this issue but all to no avail.
Most recently I was invited to a dinner between the Actors Guild of
Nigeria (AGN) and the Governor of Rivers State. Immediately after my
performance at the said event inside Government House I ran after the
Governor to demand for my money in my usual way, but to my utmost
bewilderment the Governor unequivocally told me point blank that I
should remember that when we did
that transaction he was still working with his former chief of staff,
Hon. Nyesom Wike who is now the minister of state for education. This is
exactly what prompted me to take this decision of writing this article
in other to recover the money which I worked to earn.
This issue also led to the problem that transpired on Friday, the 23rd
of May 2014 when I got to the Government House gate at 8am, one of the
security details named Mr. Jude rudely ordered me to park
my car
outside the gate, a situation which led to a scuffle and heated
argument between me and the said security officer, as a result of this I
subsequently held a meeting with my staff on the way forward concerning
this same issue after which we agreed that we should channel the
ongoing matter through the Office of the Chief Press
Secretary to
the governor Mr David Iyofor. This we did and the cps after hearing the
story promised to help contact the governor who happens to be his boss,
but to my chagrin the chief press secretary rather stopped taking my
calls up till this moment.
Prior to this time I have not played any event for the commissioners and
other cabinet members due to the fact that they thought they couldn't
afford to pay my appearance fee because I was the governors favorite
hence will be unaffordable to them; a predicament that I have also
managed to live with, while my friends, family members, staff and fans
have all concluded that I have betrayed them by going behind to collect
huge sums of money for events at the Government House without giving
them their own.
I have also not charged the rivers state government my usual
professional appearance fee on events. The present chief of staff to
Rivers State Government Mr Tony Okocha and Senator Magnus Abe are my
witnesses on this.
meanwhile due to the multi-lingual nature of Rivers State as a result of different ethnicities, I decided to record
a song which I titled PORT HARCOURT BOY where I mentioned the names of
various prominent men who have made their mark at one point or the
other; even people from other states who lived and conducted their
businesses in Port Harcourt as a way of promoting and uniting the state.
Shortly afterwards the
general
public started saying that Governor Amaechi has been the one behind my
career success claiming that he bought me all manner of flashy cars and
pays me huge amount of money regularly, meanwhile since I finished the
project for the governor he virtually declined paying me the outstanding
balance as agreed upon our transaction.
It is also a known fact that before amnesty was given DUNCAN MIGHTY was
the first artiste in the entire Niger Delta to embrace the creeks all
over the country, using my music to promote peace in the region,
encouraging the youths to shun cultism, youth restiveness and other
social vices.
The entire entertainment industry within the Niger Delta region actually
believed that I was constantly favored by the governor hence they all
came to me in 2011 pleading with me to become the chapter president of
performing musicians association of Nigeria (PMAN), a move I constantly rejected so that I can concentrate on my career.
All this while God has been my source of inspiration and survival; my pillar of strength and protection.
It was also rumored that I was appointed a member of river state carnival committee, and due to their secret
nature of
meeting and deliberating on carnival issues, my fellow artistes
constantly accused me of not carrying them along, an accusation which
I've always struggled to debunk till date.
Moreover, my passion for going all the way to contribute my quota to the
development of the entertainment industry in the Niger Delta and
Nigeria as a whole was born out of genuine interest, love and previous
roles as a professional audio engineer who has worked for many
international brands at different capacities.
More so, I need to clear the air on this issue which made a lot of
artistes who I was owing some outstanding balance to call me a traitor,
saboteur, saying that I have betrayed them by refusing to pay them when
in the actual sense I have not received further payment from the
Governor. Since I didn't want any further trouble arising from this
issue, I had to pay them out of my pocket from my own funds.
Once more, I will like to state that this has nothing to do with party
politics, I am seriously appealing to everyone who knows Governor
Amaechi to tell him to pay me my money in the name of God