Basketmouth announces end of 12-year marriage with wife

Veteran stand-up comedian, Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth has announced the dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Elsie Uzoma Okpocha.

The media personality disseminated the news on his official Instagram page on Thursday, December 22.

He revealed that after much deliberation, he and his wife had decided to end their 12-year marriage.

Basketmouth added that although they’d be going their separate ways, they’d still both jointly take good care of their kids’ needs.

The socialite asked that the public respect their privacy as they go through this.

In his words:

“As much as it pains me to bring my personal life to the public space, this is an unavoidable situation.

After much deliberations, my wife and i have made the difficult decision to end our marriage.

As we move forward separately, we will continue to work together to give our beautiful children all the care, love, guidance and support they need.

We humbly ask that you respect our privacy as we navigate through these times.

Thank you.”