I’m More Scared Of Poverty Than Death – Peter Okoye

Popular singer Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr P, has opened up about his deepest fear in life. He recently revealed that while many human beings fear death the most, he is more scared of poverty.

Speaking on a recent episode of the Nancy Isime Show, Mr P said that he is absolutely terrified about the thought of being poor.

According to him, remembering how his family‘s rented single-room apartment was demolished after the landlord sold the property taught him to keep working hard so as not to return to such hardships.

Mr P stated that, having tasted poverty before when he was much younger, he never wants to experience it again.

“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 [poverty] before. I have been in our house with my parents and siblings and a bulldozer came and demolished it,” he said.

Peter further noted that he’ll never forget how his entire household would squeeze themselves to live in the one-bedroom apartment.

He concluded by saying that the bulldozer actually started demolishing their building while he and his family members were still in it.

“We were living in a boys’ quarter, me, my mum, my dad, all of us. The whole family, six boys and two girls living in a one-bedroom apartment.

They had to divide the room with a curtain. So, the landlord had sold the compound, we were trying to plead to get some time to plan our relocation and then a bulldozer came and started demolishing the house while we were still in the building,” he added.