IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Ace comedian Bright Okpocha aka Basketmouth has announced split from his wife, Elsie, after 12 years together.
The comedian took to social media to share a cryptic post announcing the end of their marriage.
He wrote: “As much as it pains me to bring my personal life to the public space, this is an unavoidable situation. After much deliberations, my wife and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage.
“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.

“We humbly ask that you respect our privacy as we navigate through these times. Thank you.”
The duo got married in 2010, are blessed with three children together, Janelle, Jason, and Maya Okpocha.
The news of the breakup has generated mixed reactions from Nigerians on Instagram.
A netizen, ennie_ola said: “The rate at which divorce is rampant nowadays ehn…. oluwa o” just as @dacheo stated: “This thing called marriage sha.”
“This Lagos and their one minute marriage. It best be a joke,” says another netizen while @houseofiye wrote: “Divorce is the new breakfast… hmmm it is well”
“This industry need urgent intercessors! This is not a good news chai!,” @ngozienez reacted to the breakup.
In the same vein, another social media user, @just_ivy14 said: “Mehn, Let’s start acting right o. We are bringing up a bunch of sad generation. Nobody want an unrepentant partner, no matter your gender. Please let’s all act right. Let’s look inwards. It’s getting crazy for real. This divorce thing. 😥😢”