Nigerian Artist and Mavin Star, Charles Chibuezechukwu, better known as Crayon, has said that he once had the opportunity of being a professional footballer, but lost it to someone else who had affluence.
Crayon revealed this in an interview with Cool FM on Thursday, August 24, stating that he had gone for a football screening at the National Stadium years back.
He added that, he was picked but later lost his position to someone else who had connections and money.
His words, “I tried to become a professional footballer but it didn’t work out for me because football in Nigeria is quite dicey.
“There is a lot of corruption. I don’t want to mention names because it might hurt some people. They are big names; top officials.
“At a time, I went for one screening in Surulere, they picked me and they had to swindle me and pick someone else because the person had money and connections.
“So, at that point, I became disappointed. I went home depressed,” he said.
