Popular Nigerian actor Kanayo O. Kanayo, also known as KOK, has urged the youths to avoid get-rich-quick schemes that involve ritual killings.
Kanayo, who has played the role of a ritualist in many movies, said that there is no shortcut to wealth. He said that the only way to succeed is to work hard.
Kanayo spoke at Ikenga Online’s November 2023 Town Hall Meeting, a virtual meeting that is held every month.
He said that he made his money through hard work and not by making sacrifices. He said that he built his mansion in his hometown by working for a telecommunications company.
Kanayo urged the youths to focus on their education and to find honest ways to make money.
“These people (youths) have up their ante and it is not about what they watch (movies). There is no truth to the fact that a man living in a thatched house will ask you to kill your girlfriend and sleep with her to make money.
“The Yahoo (scam) we knew many years ago was writing letters and promising deals that were utopian. We know many people who are in public office today who were part of it. I will not want to mention names.
“But today people are told that. The in-thing is Yahoo Promax, which involves killing someone, eating the heart of the person and washing it down with Hennessy, and the belief that you will make money. I can’t see any connection between that and making money. Money is made through hard work.”
Speaking about how he made money overnight to build a mansion in his hometown, which was a surprise to many, KOK said he did not indulge in any sacrifice.
“I laid the foundation of my house in 2015, and in 2016, Globacom, owned by Mike Adenuga, signed me as one of those to be a part of a nationwide campaign it was holding.
“The money was huge. It involved performances in many cities, but sometimes they count 10 cities and pay us upfront, even before we start visiting those cities.
“So, I made a lot of money and built my house. I can say I made a sacrifice to build that house because, at that time, I had the option of buying a brand new 2015 Range Rover. If I had bought it, today, I would have been seen as someone who was driving an old Range Rover.
“So the sacrifice I made was that I left the Range Rover and completed my house. That was the sacrifice I made” he said.
