Ghanaian comedian Derrick Kobina Bonney, popularly known as DKB has opened up on the reason he wants John Mahama to win the next Presidential election.
DKB recently performed on stage during the launch of the NDC’s Youth Manifesto soiree on August 12, 2024 at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
Speaking in an interview on Showbiz 360, DKB said he was shocked and excited when the NDC’s flagbearer performed two of his jokes after his performance during the manifesto launch.
According to him, this is an indication that John Mahama will show support and attention to comedy in Ghana if he wins the elections.
“Then John Mahama comes on stage and he retells two of my jokes. JM didn’t miss a single word in the joke, you can see he has imbibed it. After the joy of the President telling two of my jokes, I was like what can I do to appreciate him.
“If he has endorsed me and taken my job seriously, it means that if he becomes President, he can pay attention to comedy and for what he has done for me, I think it is only right for me to want him to become the President,” he told Giovani Caleb on Showbiz 360.
The comedian disclosed that initially, he had planned to decline the request from the party.
However, he accepted to perform but with specific conditions.
“NDC wanted me to do an opening comedy performance. One week, I didn’t mind them. I didn’t want to politicise my life.
“After one week, I got back to them and gave them conditions that I was not going to be totally political, that I won’t send any campaign message and they were like I should just come and entertain the people.
“Not knowing after my performance, it was John Mahama. So, when u got off stage, I asked myself, did I open for the former President? This is a big thing for me,” DKB said.
