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Peacefmonline.com is officially revealing the identity of the celebrity whose picture (when he was a young boy) was posted on this site on Friday 10, 2012 for readers to identify.

The personality in that picture was Mikki Osei Berko popularly known in showbiz circles as Master Richard aka or Dada Boat, posing as a king at the age of 11. When Peacefmonline.com contacted Mikki this morning on phone from his UK base, he expressed excitement saying he really misses Ghana.

Telling the story behind his picture Mikki said, he took the photo at the age 11 at Caprice in Accra. He said he returned from school one day and met the family photographer who was there to deliver pictures to his sister but they were absent. 11 year Mikki who had played the role of a king in a school play and still had his costume in his school bag, pleaded with the photographer to take a picture of him dressed like a king.

After the photographer agreed to take the picture, he had to quickly change over from his school uniform and costume himself as a king and according to him; he sat on the biggest stone in front of his house at Caprice in Accra because there was no stool.

Mikki described the picture as one of his most memorable childhood pictures. To his fans in Ghana, Dada Boat said his best is yet to come. He however hinted Peacefmonline.com that he is due to arrive back in Ghana in about a month.

“I am coming to Ghana in about a month and am coming back for good. I am going to be back on Television in Ghana and on radio as well. Ghanaians should keep their fingers crossed and they should expect Oti kokoosuo nana’s arrival”, he said and wished all Ghanaian happy Valentine.

He hails from Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana and currently resides in the United Kingdom.He was born on the 30th of December 1973. He is a Ghanaian-born actor perhaps best known for playing Master Richard in Taxi Driver and Dada Boat in Dada Boat.

He started as a stage theatre performer, then TV Theatre performer on the National Television then a Radio Presenter since 1995 voice of Legon university radio. His claim to fame on radio was on Radio Gold when he became the host of the station’s drive time program “Agro”. Mikki Osei Berko worked extensively with Radio Gold from 1997 to until 2003 when he decided to move on.

He then moved to join Happy FM in July 2003 as the Programs Director and morning show host on Happy FM. He later presented the morning show on Kessben FM in Kumasi and doubled as the Group Business Manager for Kessben group of companies. He is the brain behind Kente Radio, a Pan-African online Radio Station based in the UK.

He holds an English FA 2010/2011 UEFA B Football coaching certificate. He featured as Master Richard in ever popular “Taxi Driver” series and have produced and directed some wonderful films like; ”Agony of love” , ‘Cross My Heart’, ‘Recipe For Disaster’, ‘Cindy’, ‘My Love Accra’ and other yet to be released movies. He has acted in over 56 other movies and still counting.

He produced and directed hit Television comedy series ‘Dada Boat’ and ‘Campus Icon’ both showing now on Multi Choice (South Africa). He has also produced and directed a number of TV commercials and music videos. He has served as the Assemblyman for the Ayidiki electoral area for one term from 2002 – 2006, and is also the Executive Director of Media Gold Productions in Ghana.

Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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