Oderhwo Joseph Efe, also known as Carter Efe, a popular Nigerian skit maker and singer, has disclosed that he used to be a tailor before becoming famous.
The ‘Machala’ singer claimed that comedy was in his blood.
Carter Efe recently appeared on the Hip TV show Trending, presented by reality celebrity KimOprah, and stated, “I have been funny since birth.” Since I was in high school, I’ve been performing stand-up comedy. During breaks, I would simply stand in front of the class and begin making everyone 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.”
