Lagos – Renowned comedian, Bright Okpocha,
popularly known as “Basketmouth”, has slammed
bloggers for rushing to off load new materials on
their platforms without making efforts to
investigate.
Basketmouth was angry that a tribute he paid to
his brother, who died 10 years ago, was made to
look like something that happened in 2015.
Returning from his Valentine’s Day show at the
Apollo Centre in London, which was a sell-out,
the humour merchant advised bloggers to take
time to verify information at their disposal.
On February 14, 2015, Basketmouth posted on
his tweeter handle, “you’ll always be
remembered, loved and cherished. RIP Kingsley
Okpocha. I love you bro.”
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According to him, the item was posted by some
bloggers as if he just lost his brother.
“Anyway, I lost my eldest brother on the 14th of
Feb 2005, not 2 days ago,” Basketmouth wrote.
“When our Nigerian bloggers copy and paste
stories they don’t even investigate nor carry out
proper research,” he added.
Meanwhile, some of his fans, unaware of the
hoax have continued to tweet their condolences
to the comedian.