Chiwetalu Agu, the legendary Nigerian actor, revealed how he received a N20 million contract from billionaire businessman Mike Adenuga.
Agu stated in a recent audio appearance on the ‘WithChude’ show that Adenuga initially gave him N10 million for a project.
Although he had not made N1 million at the time, the film star insisted on receiving N20 million.
Agu claimed he was ready to leave Adenuga’s office when the business magnate agreed to pay him N20 million for the project, the details of which he did not reveal.
He described the contract agreement with Adenuga as the “most wonderful thing at that moment”.
“Chief Mike Adenuga said, what I have for you in this contract is N10 million. I have not seen one million naira before when he was pricing me N10 million. But I refused and said if not N20 million, forget it,” he said.
“He insisted. So I pretended to rise up, saying give me money to go back to Enugu. If there should be anything like the next available flight, can you get it for me and let me quietly go back home?
“They regarded me as being serious when I rose up from the seat. Chief Mike Adenuga said ‘sit down’, He ordered them to bring the documents for signing.
“I did it diplomatically in the office. I did not want them to know that N20 million was a big thing. But it was the most wonderful thing at that moment.”
In 2014, Agu was reportedly enlisted as an ambassador of Globacom, a telecommunications company owned by Adenuga.
