{"id":124249,"date":"2025-12-05T21:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124249"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:40:54","slug":"poverty-not-death-my-biggest-fear-mr-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/poverty-not-death-my-biggest-fear-mr-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty, Not Death, My Biggest Fear- Mr. P"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Renowned Nigerian singer Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr P, has revealed that his greatest fear in life is not death, but poverty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking on a recent episode of &#8220;The Nancy Isime Show&#8221;, the music star recounted a harrowing experience from his childhood that shaped his view on financial security.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI am not afraid of death. The only thing I am afraid of in this life is poverty, of being broke. I have tasted it before,\u201d Mr P said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He described how his family\u2019s rented single-room apartment in Jos\u00a0 was demolished after the landlord sold the property.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe were living in our house with my parents and siblings when a bulldozer came and demolished it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We were all packed into a boys\u2019 quarter. Me, my mum, my dad, six boys, and two girls in a one-bedroom apartment. 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