Popular Nigerian comedian Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth has announced the end of his marriage to his wife Elsie Uzoma.


Basketmouth took his social media accounts to make the unpopular announcement.

According to sources, Basketmouth and Elsie had been married for 12 years.


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In his announcement, Basketmouth who has kept his personal life discreet disclosed the decision to end their marriage followed many deliberations and was not an easy one.

"As much as it pains me to bring my personal life to the public space, this is an unavoidable situation," Basketmouth said.


"After much deliberations, my wife and have made the difficult decision to end our marriage."

The comedian hinted they will work together with his ex-wife to raise their children and asked the public to respect their privacy as they go through their separation.


"As we move forward separately, we will continue to work together to give our beautiful children all the care, love, guidance and support they need," he said.

"We humbly ask that you respect our privacy as we navigate through these times."


Apart from being a comedian, Baskemouth is also an actor, singer and producer.

His stand-up comedy show whose tagline was "two things involved" catapulted him to global fame.