Basketmouth robbed one week after meeting Mark Zuckerberg

Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth, was robbed at his Lekki home in the early hours of Wednesday, his colleague, Bovi, has confirmed.

The attack came exactly one week after the man born Bright Okpocha met with Facebook CEO and the 6th richest man in the world, Mark Zuckerberg, who was on a visit to Nigeria.

Critics had knocked the comedian for his “extravagant” appearance at the meeting attended by other Nigerian celebrities.

Wednesday’s robbery, according to Bovi, occurred between the hours of 2am and 4am.

Fortunately, no one was hurt by the robbers who reportedly took away several valuables including the CCTV monitor in the house.

@basketmouth was robbed this morning in his home in lekki phase 1 between the hours of 2am and 4am, 7th of September 2016. He and his family were held at gun point while the sad episode lasted. Nobody was hurt. Valuables were taken including the cctv device. A report has been made at the police station. He can’t be reached at the moment but will be back on as soon as possible.

A photo posted by Bovi (@officialbovi) on Sep 6, 2016 at 11:38pm PDT

Basketmouth was yet to make any comment on social media about the incident about the incident as at the time of filing this report.

Before becoming one of the richest comedians in Africa, the former Ali Baba apprentice lived in Iponri, Surulere.