Princewill Pius
Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerere, aka Ali Baba, is the king of Nigerian Comedy. He has been a professional stand up comedian for the past 22 years and has received several awards. He is currently a part of the Nollywood film, “The Wedding Party.”
The comedian took to Twitter to address the state of the nation. This is most likely due to the fact that different comedians such as Basket Mouth have been commenting on the current Nigerian economy.
He started trending with the hashtag ‘Things holding Nigeria Back’ and he proceeded to type a series of tweets revealing what he thinks is holding Nigeria back.
The comedian’s list included: A national assembly that is a retirement home for politicians, bribery and corruption, selfish traditional rulers, religion, tribalism, greedy leaders, and our police force. See all his tweets below:
The 51-year-old stand up comedian is one of the veterans in his trade and is admired and seen as a role model to upcoming talents. Not one to shy away from saying what is on his mind, the veteran comedian constantly voices out his opinion on societal, economic and religious issues.
