'Kpa-Kpa-Kpa' Man Angry -Demands GH¢50,000 From Glo And Guru

Mohammed Ateetey Okwabei

The man who made the term 'kpa-kpa-kpa' popular in Ghana has become very bitter, saying that he feels cheated.

He broke down and wept like a baby last Tuesday while demanding an amount of GH¢50,000 from hiplife artiste Guru and telecommunications company Glo.

The 'kpa-kpa-kpa' man gave his name as Mohammed Ateetey Okwabei, and said though Guru and Glo are making some gains from the 'kpa-kpa-kpa' term, they have not paid him and have rather left him with no money to cater for his five children and wife.

Mohammed Ateetey Okwabei, unemployed, wept uncontrollably in the studios of NEAT FM in Accra when he was put on a live programme, Entertainment Ghana, to explain what exactly his beef was.

'All I can say is that I leave them to God. I am sad and I have realised that if you do not have much education or someone to give you advice, you make many mistakes and even what is yours can be taken from you,' the 'kpa-kpakpa' man said while weeping and blowing his nose.

He continued: 'I created 'kpa-kpakpa'.
I am the originator and people are using it to make money. I think they should settle me with something… 'Kpakpa- kpa' is very popular but I am suffering.

My five kids have been sacked from school for not paying their school fees and they are home now. I am not working and my wife is also not working but look at the way people are using 'kpakpa- kpa' everywhere in their music and radio jingles all over the place and nobody will even call me to give me one Ghana cedi.'

The term 'kpa-kpa-kpa' went viral late last year when Mohammed granted an interview to Joy News on his thoughts on the Ghanaian economy. In a funny video of the interview on YouTube, Mohammed explained in a funny way how things were very difficult in Ghana and that he was surviving on kpa-kpa-kpa movement.

Though he was not really able to explain thoroughly what he meant by kpa-kpa-kpa when the interviewer asked him to explain, his passionate way of speaking made the video an instant hit on social media. The term has subsequently been used by musicians, politicians and companies in one way or the other.

Asked if he had confronted those who had used the term, Mohammed said he met Guru's manager, Frank Agyekum, who bought him some items including rice, oil and other glossaries in the form of a hamper worth GH¢355 and a cash amount of GH¢160.

The 'kpa-kpa-kpa' man further explained that the same Frank took him to an agency in charge of Glo commercials to talk about how much Glo was going to pay him before they used 'kpakpa- kpa' in their commercial. According to Mohammed, they agreed that Glo should pay an amount of GH¢4,000 through the agency and the agency asked them to go and that they would get back to them but they never did; yet a Glo commercial is currently running on air with 'kpa-kpa-kpa'.

Asked how much he wants as royalties, Mohammed said he wants to be compensated with GH¢50,000. Mohammed shed tears during the interview, claiming that rich people are making money and taking advantage of him because they have realised he is poor and doesn't have any legal backing and that Frank has also refused to pick his calls since December 2014.

CREDIT: NEWS-ONE with additional files from Peacefmonline.com