10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT NOLLYWOOD STAR/TOP COMEDIAN, OKEY BAKASSI
By AZUH AMATUS
1 Name: Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule, famously known as Okey Bakassi
2 He is a Nollywood star and a leading Nigerian stand up comedian.
3 The cerebral and versatile entertainer born on October 23, 1969, was one of the creators of the nationally acclaimed comedy show, Nite of a Thousand Laughs
4 The talented rib cracker is a graduate of Agricultural engineering from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology.
5 He began his professional acting in 1993, on the set of now rested hit TV soap, Fortunes, courtesy of Zeb Ejiro.
6 Brilliant Bakassi, a former aide to ex-Imo governor, Ikedi Ohakim, hails from Imo State, south east, Nigeria.
7 As an undergraduate, Bakassi was a visible member of the entertainment group known as Theatre Kolleagues on campus.
8 Unknown to many of his teeming fans, Bakassi’s dad, Mr. Livinus Onyegbule was a retired military personnel.
9 Bakassi was deployed to Lagos State for his mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Programme.
10 The entertainer extraordinaire is happily married to Ezinne, whom he met first in 1988, and they are blessed with lovely children.
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