Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has denied speculations that he campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari before, during and after the 2015 general elections.
Some critics had tagged the Abia-born funnyman a Buhari supporter over comments they considered pro-government.
His recent statements pointing out some things wrong in present day Nigeria were rebuffed by fans who blamed him and others for selling Buhari’s “change” to Nigerians,
But in a long message posted on social media on Monday, the 37-year-old said “While many of my colleagues, friends and family members campaigned for the PDP, APC and various candidates during the last elections (and I cannot emphasize enough that it is their RIGHT to do so), I never campaigned for Buhari or any other politician.
“ALL those saying that I did should do everything within their power to “THINK”. I know thinking can be a very difficult task for some but trust me, it can be a painless and enlightening process. THINK of when I ever “CAMPAIGNED” for BUHARI!!.. Indeed I personally HOPED that he would win the election and perhaps that was evident in my “body language” and I am happy he won. But I did not campaign for him.”
He however insisted that the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan had put Nigeria in a bad place “and it was only a matter of time before we would have suffered the plights of Brazil and Venezuela.”
He added that he would have voted for anybody “that could speak two words of English against GEJ and that’s strictly based on the amount of greed and selfishness we witnessed from members of his administration in the six years that he sat on the rock.”
Should Buhari and his All Progressives Congress fail, “we are all free to cast our votes for the next man come 2019 and I shall be exercising that right. No need for quarrel,” Basketmouth concluded.
