Nigerian skit-maker turned artiste, Oderhohwo Joseph Efe, professionally known as Carter Efe, says he has been a funny person since birth.
He stated this during an interview with Kim Oprah on Hip TV Programme, ‘Trending’, where he recalled working as a tailor before hitting stardom.
Carter Efe said said he loved art right from childhood which made him tell his father that he wanted to abandon his education to learn tailoring.
The ‘Machala’ crooner said he used to pretend to be sick so that he could go and shoot skits, but his boss at the tailoring business often punished him for that.
According to the online comedian, he sold the PlayStation 5 that he won from Broda Shaggi’s challenge and used the N300,000 proceeds to transport himself to locations for shooting skits.
Carter said; “I have been funny right from birth. I’ve been doing stand-up comedy since I was in school. During break time, I would just stand in front of the class and start making people laugh.
“I was a london tailor, ‘Obioma’, before I ventured into skit making. I love art. For example, I edit my skits by myself. I told my dad one day that I wanted to learn tailoring. He said what of my education and I insisted that I want to learn tailoring because I love creativity. I didn’t even spend up to six months before learning how to sew.
“When I was learning tailoring, sometimes I would lie to my boss that I was sick and go to shoot a skit. Then I will come back in the afternoon. He still punished me. He would tell me to kneel. I would kneel till the end of the day.
“Until one day, Broda Shaggi posted a challenge on Instagram: he said everybody should vibe to a song. Back then I was in Delta State. I said let me just vibe to it and I vibed to the song then I came out first. I won PS5.
“Shaggi said I should come to Lagos to receive my prize. When I collected the PS5, I sold it for about N300,000. Then I decided to stay back in Lagos. I was using the N300,000 for transport fares to go to locations to shoot my skit. I was staying with one of my friends then.”
