Media personality Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, widely known as Nedu Wazobia, has finally addressed his controversial exit from the Honest Bunch podcast, clarifying that his departure was not connected to the viral VDM drama. In a recent appearance on The Clarity Zone podcast aired on YouTube on July 3, 2026, Nedu Wazobia said the real reason was an ownership dispute with the show's handlers.
Nedu Wazobia Reveals the Real Reason for Leaving Honest Bunch Podcast
Nedu Wazobia explained that the Honest Bunch podcast was originally his idea. “Many Nigerians thought I left because of what happened that last year but that wasn’t why I left. 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 recalled meeting a former Cool FM staff member to pitch the idea, accompanied by his colleagues Chudy and Austin. “So I went to a person that was running the place, he was a former staff of Cool FM. 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 ‘This is my idea and this is 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.’”
The Broken 50/50 Gentleman's Agreement
Nedu Wazobia said they agreed verbally to split proceeds equally, with the production team handling cameras and editing while he focused on hosting. “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% and you keep 50%. It was a gentleman’s agreement. That was where I made the mistake,” he explained.
The content creator added that he brought his people together to handle production and teasers, which were posted on the partner’s platform. However, during the controversy linking him to VeryDarkMan (VDM), the handlers told him they would suspend him from the show.
Attempted Suspension and CAC Discovery
“They said something 'Nedu, we are going to put out a statement that we are suspending you from the show.' In my head, I was like, so what now? Show wey I get? You dey craze? You dey give landlord quick notice?” he recounted.
Nedu Wazobia said he later discovered through a CAC search that the podcast had been registered solely under the other party’s name. “The next day, they now searched CAC, and found out that when they were registering the Honest Bunch, they registered it as 100% their product. I didn’t want to leave. I was going to wait for it to die down, but when I saw that it was 100% their product, I’m like no. Na him be say I no fit.”
Legit.ng recalls that the podcaster left the popular YouTube show in February 2025 during controversy linking him to VeryDarkMan (VDM), and Daddy Freeze later took his place. Nedu Wazobia's explanation now clarifies that the VDM issue was not the main reason for his exit.
