Duncan Mighty Writes Press…Says I’m Angry With Governor Amaechi

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.