POPULAR Nigerian dancehall musician and pioneer of galala dance, John Odafe Asiemo, popularly known as Daddy Showkey, has traced his ability to walk again after his involvement in a ghastly motor accident to the goodwill and assistance of the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.
Showkey, whose brand of music made waves in the late 90s and early 2000, in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Pidgin, which has gone viral, narrated how he was made to walk again through the benevolence of the former Governor of Akwa Ibom state.
He made this known while responding to a question by the interviewer, on how he managed to foot his medical bills in a foreign land. “if I talk this one now… Godswill Akpabio ehnnn, if anybody like make him talk bad about him. Godswill Akpabio, through his personal physician, Dr Essien, helped me. The thing wey Akpabio do for me ehnn..I no fit forget am for my life till I die,” he said.
“No matter anything wey dem like to talk about Godswill Akpabio, if not for Akpabio, I for no waka again. Akpabio paid my hospital bills. Even to see am after that, come dey hard me. That is why till today, anytime I see anybody from Akwa Ibom State, because of what Akpabio did for me, I will just say, Akwa Ibom Ado Ok,” Showkey added.
