You Must Have Known Woli Arole, And Now There Is Wezzyc88: This New Comedy Sensation Sets Instagram On Fire!

By Femi Akinpelu Joseph

Laughter, they say, brings healing to the spirit and youthfulness to the soul. It is, therefore, not surprising that comedy business has boomed so greatly, and has become a main-stay in the entertainment industry.

The new social media comedy trend (the recording, posting and sharing of comedy video skits online) has, over a period of years back now, become so popular and very lucrative in Nigeria. And, this has in turn, generated a huge fan base among pleasure-seekers, especially the social media lovers.

One of the first ground-breakers with this comedy trend was Mark Angel and Co. with the very young and talented Emmanuella, who plays the major and the funniest roles in their skits. There has also been the likes of "Craze Clown" with Ade, "Still Ringing", "Wowo Boyz" and the rest.

Craze Clown and Ade

Mark Angel and Emmauella

Woli Arole

But recently, the Nigerian comedy followers have seen a different twist to this trend by comedian Bayegun Oluwatoyin, popularly known as "Woli Arole". He came into limelight by doing a (selfie) self-recording of all his comedy videos, while he claims to prophesy things that would happen, and also tries to interpret the the implication of events happening around, mimicking prophets of "white garment" churches', in very funny ways.  

Wezzyc88

And about two years when Woli Arole has carved a niche for himself in the industry, the social media comedy audience has suddenly woken up to a brand new kid on the block, by the name Uche Mbah. Mbah who posts his clips and captions them with the handle @wezzyc88 is another very talented, creative, and crazy comedian. Wezzyc88, though, apparently looks well-traveled, very exposed and privileged, decides to always speak in a typically strong Igbo accent. Watch out for his trademark statement "I don't like what I hate".

Wezzyc88 updates his instagram account with very hilarious comedy video clips. His concepts and acting skills is top-notch and out of this world. Looking forward to seeing many more talents come on stage in a few years from now. 

Talents indeed abound in Nigeria. Who says Nigeria is not the best country in the world?

God bless Nigeria.

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