Media personality, Frank Edoho, has explained that his exit from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire followed the withdrawal of the show’s sponsor, not a sacking as widely reported.
Speaking on an episode of The KK Show which was published on Sunday, Edoho said a newspaper report claiming he was dropped from the programme was false.
The former Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host recalled that he spent four years working at Radio Nigeria, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, before television offered him the fame radio could not.
Edoho said Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ended after its sponsor, who had backed the show for a decade, withdrew support following a regulatory penalty.
He explained that the Federal Government had
fined the sponsor over a corporate matter, and the resulting financial burden forced the company to end its involvement with the show.
Edoho said he entered negotiations for a stake in the show after learning that new sponsors were interested, believing his years on the programme had made him an asset to it.
He said the negotiations broke down over disagreements, and his absence from the relaunched show under its new sponsor led to speculation that he had been dropped.
Edoho maintained that the report of his sacking was untrue, describing the experience as a betrayal after years of work on the show.