Well-known stand-up comic Basketmouth, also known as Bright Okpocha, has acknowledged that he invited colleague and rival AY Makun to his show, even though Makun wasn’t scheduled to appear.
The Eko Hotel & Suites hosted the concert on Sunday.
Weeks after publicly apologizing to AY and ending their 17-year-old feud, he made the gesture.
But AY wouldn’t perform at the event, he claimed, because it’s scripted.
Basketmouth stated in a recent interview with Arise TV: “AY is not scheduled to perform, but he has a ticket.” He’s there. I mailed his ticket to him 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 they 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.”
