Media personality Nedu Wazobia has revealed the real reason he left ‘The Honest Bunch’ podcast, saying his departure was driven by an ownership dispute rather than the controversy that surrounded the show.
Nedu exited the podcast in February 2025 after allegations made during one of its episodes sparked public debate.
The controversy began when comedian DeeOne alleged on the podcast that Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), had intimate relationships with men. VDM responded by accusing Nedu of orchestrating the allegations, leaking their private conversations and engaging in sexual exploitation. Nedu was later replaced by Daddy Freeze.
Speaking in a recent video shared on X, Nedu said many Nigerians wrongly believed he left because of the controversy, insisting that the real issue was the ownership structure of the podcast.
“Pretty much every Nigerian thought I left because of what happened that last year but that wasn’t why I left. Now, I started ‘Honest Bunch’, it wasn’t called the Honest Bunch. When I started the podcast, I was on radio. I needed an outlet where I could talk and say my mind,” he said.
He explained that he pitched the idea to a production company, and they reached a verbal agreement to share the proceeds equally, while the production team would provide the equipment and handle production.
“So I went to a person that was running the place. I called him, and we agreed to meet in a particular place. So the day I was going, the guy that was working with me then, Chudy I told him to come with me. And there is another guy, Austin. So we went there together. We sat down and told him to this is my idea and this what I want. He said, ‘Okay, how do we do it. I said ‘how it is going to work is you have a production house, the cameras, the team, my own is just to sit down and talk.’”
According to Nedu, the arrangement was never documented in writing, a decision he now considers a mistake.
“I had the idea, and I said, ‘Okay, let’s do it 50/50.’ So we shook hands. Anything that comes in, I take 50 percent and you keep 50 percent. It was a gentleman’s agreement. That was where I made the mistake,” he said.
He added that while he brought together the hosts and creative direction, the production company handled filming, editing and publishing the content.
Nedu said the situation escalated when he was informed that he would be suspended from the show during the controversy, despite believing he had co-ownership of the podcast.
“We started going on, when they were dragging me like tiger generator for something that I know 150% innocent off wey some people wey dey around there know everything. I’m not going to mention names. They said something ‘Nedu, we are going to put out a statement that we are suspending you from the show.
“In my head, I am like so what now? Show wey I get? you dey craze? You dey give landlord ‘quick notice’? The next day, they now did search at CAC, know found out that when they were registering the honest bunch, they registered it as hundred percent their product. I didn’t want to leave. I was going to wait for it to die down but when I now saw that it was hundred percent their product, I’m like no. na him be say I know fit.”