Unprofessional, Alibaba fires at certain comedians

Veteran Nigerian comedian Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, also known as Alibaba, has spoken against unprofessional comedians.

While speaking with Outside the Box podcast, Alibaba stated that certain comedians often times lack decorum and make jokes at people’s expense.

“There are about three Nigerian comedians who I can’t stand. They have no decorum. They insult sensibilities. You try to correct them, they won’t listen to you. You send them to a cooperate event and they do dirty jokes. And when you received report of their unruly behaviour and you confront them, they would downplay it,”he said.

He also emphasized the importance of being professional as a comedian and not making offensive jokes.

“Somebody called me one time to complain about one of them that he made a joke about his plus-size wife. He said, ‘If a race happens now and everyone has to carry their wives and run, you can’t carry this woman and run.’ I was like, that’s below the belt. When I confronted him, he downplayed it. He even told somebody that I was only confronting him because he was shining,” he said.