‘Death Doesn’t Scare Me, Poverty Does’ — Peter Okoye Reflects on Tough Childhood

Nigerian music star Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr P, says poverty remains his greatest fear despite his success in the entertainment industry.

Speaking on a recent episode of the Nancy Isime Show, the singer revealed that while he is unbothered by the idea of death, the thought of becoming poor again terrifies him.

He recalled a difficult moment from his childhood when the single-room boys’ quarters his family rented was demolished after the landlord sold the property.

Sharing the experience, Okoye said:
“I am not afraid of death. The only thing I am afraid of in this life is poverty, of being broke. I have tasted it before. I have been in our house with my parents and siblings and a bulldozer came and demolished it.

“We were living in a boys’ quarter, me, my mum, my dad, all of us — six boys and two girls living in a one-bedroom apartment. They had to divide the room with a curtain. The landlord had sold the compound, and while we were still pleading for time to relocate, a bulldozer came and started demolishing the building.”

The singer said the memory remains one of the reasons he is determined never to return to a life of hardship.

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