Comedian and actor, Seyi Law, has stated that no politician has ever given him money adding that all he owns comes through hard work.
Seyi Law revealed during the week that he had just N63,000 when he bought his house. The revelation made people commend him for his hard work.
However, in the comment section, a journalist called for the police to investigate the comedian’s source of income. That comment has since gone viral.
In an interview with Punch published on Saturday, the 35-year-old said that it was a good thing someone called the police to investigate his source of income, stating that everything he has today is from his hard work.
He said, “I feel that it is good that Nigerians are asking questions. If someone asks the police to investigate me, I think it is a good thing but I think that there are people we should demand that from.
“We should demand more of that from our politicians. If someone demands that the police should investigate, it is not a bad thing. However, one thing people should know is that I am one of the very few entertainers that can swear on his life that no politician has gifted me money.
“Everything that I own today came from my sweat. One of the questions the journalist who called me out on social media should have asked is, ‘have I fully paid for the house?’ He did not ask me and that is part of his stupidity and where he made mistakes.”
When asked how he was able to afford the apartment, the comedian said, “If I invested about N15m in my Lagos show and made about N20m, I do not think I have made too much profit.
“If I invested about N5m in my Ibadan show and made about N9m, I do not think I have made too much profit. It means that I made a profit of about N9m. I also did a show in Port-Harcourt and right now, I am planning another show in Lagos. When I said that I lost some money at the shows I did in the UK and Dublin, I did not mean that I lost everything I invested.
“The reason I said I was so broke that I had N63,000 in my account was because I had paid for the hall I would use for my Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja and Port-Harcourt shows among other expenses and it ran into millions of naira. These were investments that cost me about N20m. If I invested N20m for my shows and had N63,000 in my account, does that mean that I do not have money? I spoke about my landed property in the post but no one referred to it,” he said.
