After reconciling their 17-year-old feud, seasoned comedian Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth, has shed light on why his colleague AY Makun won't be taking the stage at his upcoming Lagos show this Sunday.
Before this year, the two prominent figures in the comedy industry had not been on the best of terms, with their rift stemming from an incident 17 years ago. This conflict persisted for over a decade, leading them to avoid and refuse communication with each other.
Despite Basketmouth publicly apologizing to AY and putting an end to their long-standing feud, he revealed that AY won't be performing at his event tonight.
Basketmouth made this revelation during an interview with the TV channel, Arise TV news.
“AY is not on the bill to perform, but he has got a ticket. He’s attending. I sent him his ticket a few days ago.
“I knew a lot of people have been asking, ‘Is he [AY] gonna perform?’ He’s not on the bill.
“In actual fact, I don’t have that many comedians on the bill. I know Bovi is introducing me. Senator, Dan The Humorous, and Aproko from Abuja are performing. I got a few people from Ghana as well.
“AY can’t even make a cameo because my show is already designed. We are recording for TV, so it’s a three-hour set. As we speak, the guys directing and producing just came into the country about a few days ago.
“And before they even landed, we had already sealed the whole flow of the show. It’s not the kind of show where anybody would just get on stage. It’s not that kind of show. Everything is timed. Precision to perfection.”