Comedian Destalker Opens Up On Trying Fraud, Failing, Before Going Into Comedy 

Nigerian comedian, Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, popularly known as Destalker, has shared a revelation into how his comedy career started.

The comedy star, while speaking during a recent episode of the In-house Gist podcast, he revealed that he tried his hands on fraud in Enugu, which was introduced to him by a friend who is now a revered pastor.

According to him, fraud didn't work out due to his kind heart, and as a result, he had to quit, and focus on his comedy career, which has made him a focal name today.

He said: "Before I left Enugu, I tried internet fraud with one of my friend who is now a pastor but I wasn’t successful at it. Then we would book night sessions at cyber cafe for N250. I couldn’t afford it then so my friend always paid for me. He is now a big pastor, Rev. Nelson Umeh.

“However, while he was scouting for victims online to scam, I was busy chatting with my family, friends and old schoolmates from Ughelli on Facebook. After that, I would fall asleep. There is no need for overspending when you are on the wrong lane…

"But today, it is a changed story. Because it [internet fraud] was not my destiny. I can’t defraud a person because I am kindhearted. Because of all that I went through, I have grown so confident that no one can stop me from achieving my goal.

“There were some comedians who said without them I would not perform at certain shows and I told them that I would blow even without performing there. And I did. Some of the shows have gone extinct and some of the comedians are also no longer relevant."