In a recent interview with Inspiration FM's Gloria Maduka
post surgery, veteran music producer OJB Jezreel talked about the controversy
surrounding donations for his treatment, in which he disclosed that Naija
celebrities used his condition as show off moment and finally singled Dbanj out
as one of those top celebrities who didn’t made any donation or pledge for his
well being but still couldn’t debunk the rumors that he donated a huge amount. During
the fund raising campaign some months back, there were rumors that D'banj gave
his former music producer N7m, and D’banj didn’t deny this publicly when he
knew he didn’t. And according to OJB, D'banj didn't give him a dime and was
upset that he didn't try to set the record straight. See details of the
interview after the page jump:
"The most disappointing one for me is D'banj because he
passed through my hands, he was trained under my tutelage. That is offensive. I
don't care if you're with Kanye West, you can't forget your root. I won't call
anybody else's name but I will call his because it hurts. His own hurts very
deep. And he never tried to reach out to me. It's not like we parted on
fighting terms. He told me he had to go to London and he went. And when
he came back it was Don Jazzy, and I said OK, that's fine. And what he did worked
and I'm very proud of him, the love I had for him, that's why it hurts more. He
should have come out to say no, I don't know why you people are saying all
this, I didn't give OJB N7million, maybe a part of him felt embarrassed because
at the end of the day, really, are you not supposed to do something?" OJB
says during the interview
OJB also used the opportunity to criticize the action of
some people who used his condition as a means to show off and even some giving
bounced checks….see below…
"When P-Square gave me N5million cheque, everybody
started treating it as a competition. They were like, they brought N5m, I want
to show that I can do more, or equal it. So they will come to my house, some
will drop N2m, N1m, you say thank you, they take pictures and go away. Then you
drop the cheque in your account and you see that almost N4/5million is being
returned back to you that it didn't clear. You call them and tell them and they
tell you they are coming but they haven't picked the cheques till now.
"The shocking ones are not even the bounced cheques.
It's the ones that when they are coming to meet you in the house to give you
money, they come with a whole camera crew. Then they will say I'm donating one
million naira to you and the cameras start recording and maybe the guy's tape
stops, and he says let's take that again (Laughs).
"There were people in my dialysis that I gave N100k
each to pay for their dialysis, we didn't publicize it, we didn't take photos
with them, because I felt that was unnecessary."
I knew it
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