The 50 Million Naira Debt Story Between Duncan Mighty and Governor Amaechi

River state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi may
have landed himself in a new rift, this time
around not with Patience or Goodluck
Jonathan but with a popular Nigerian singer
Duncan Mighty.The singer is accusing Gov
Amaechi of owing him to a tune of 50 Million
Naira.
Could this be true? Below is how TheNetNg
reports the story
Duncan Mighty has accused Rivers State
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of owing him N50
million. In a lengthy statement released on
June 2, 2014, Duncan Mighty (real name
Okechukwu Duncan) said the once tranquil
relationship he had with the Rivers State
number one citizen has been thrown out the
window. According to singer, the Amaechi
and his cabinet contracted him to organize a
celebrity ‘Youth Endorsement Concert’ in
Port Harcourt in March 2011, for which he
was given N10m upfront.
The concert is said to have featured the likes
of Flavour, the defunct Mo’Hits Records
crew, Banky W, M.I, Ice Prince, Timaya,
Stereo Man, Terry G, Jesse Jagz, DJ Jimmy
JATT, alongside stand up comics I Go Die, I
Go Save. ‘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’,
he said in the statement.
Duncan Mighty says the project was
concluded as scheduled and ‘results were
achieved’ but since then, it has proved
impossible to get his money back. Wene
Mighty has also denied benefiting financially
from the Rivers State Government, despite
rumours of him being favoured by Governor
Amaechi. ‘
The rumour 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’, he
wrote. Why is he going public after all this
while? The singer says he is forced to do so
because he hasn’t been able to meet with
the Governor, despite all his efforts. NET
reached out to the Rivers State Government
for a response but is yet to receive a reply…