Agba Oluwere
……..I WAS BEATEN BY THE POLICE IN CHIEF BASSEY’S CAR
……..MEANING OF AGBA OLUWERE
…...HOW BROTHER NURU PUT ME INTO TROUBLE
……..I WANT TO BE NO THREE NIGERIA’S COMEDIANS
WHO IS AGBA OLUWERE?
He is that talkative and ugly weird man on stage . Agba Oluwere is that loquacious man whose frightening big eyeballs roll endlessly in their sockets and send shivers into kids’ spines. His wide mouth looks like that of a frog but with caustic and wagging tongue . Looking at his set of teeth reminds one the Yoruba’s proverbial Adepele who is ‘blessed’ with thousands of teeth. He has many voices : baritone,alto, soprano, bass and tenor .He has good voices , sonorous, velvet , croaky , old man’s voice and baby’s voice, that is Agba Oluwere for you .
He is unpredictable: when Agba Oluwere leans his chin on his hand,drawing the strands of his beard and rolls his eyes he looks fearful and funny for one could not predict what would come out from his ugly mouth . He sees everything under the sun and will not keep quiet for a moment. What of his hair? he plaited his head like a woman or Sango the Yoruba god of Thunder. He looks like an illiterate and an idiot yet when he talks you burst into laughter and drink from his fountain of knowledge . When he opens his mouth gbaga you will learn from his words of wisdom for he is a wiseacre .When he gossips you will reason along with him as you cannot throw away the baby with the bath water , you will caution yourself as his words are prophetic , warnings and full of morals . From his few words , one gleams several important items of knowledge. His case is like the Yoruba proverb , O so sini l’enu o bu’yo sii.
To him life is fun , life is a serious matter , life is entertaining and life is naughty .To him life is good, bad and ugly.Life is an institution where you will never graduate.In Agba Oluwere‘s comedy you learn from his wealth of experience .He is a traveler ,a soothsayer,a visioner,a prophet , a Pastor, a Teacher, a Doctor and a therapist as he tells you real life stories that will benefit you!
BAKO ADEKUNLE MICHAEL
Bako Adekunle Michael
But in real life and off stage he is Bako Adekunle Michael . He is a Macho man. He is very handsome and a ladies’ man . He is humility personified. He possessed temperament of genius, misanthropy and enthusiasm .He is jovial, well educated, multi- talented Artiste and well articulated . His comedy is witty, entertaining, educative , informative and full of wisdom. If you are not cautious enough you may end up cracking you ribs from laughter while tears could flow from your eyes too.
For Kings , he is their Court jester. He forces the rich to relax by listening to his jokes and to the Commoners , he is their comforter as he makes them laugh and temporarily forget their sorrows.
Today his followers are in thousands. His jokes is the tonic for anemic patient ,a saviour for lost souls as he preaches gospel in his own way too.
For Kings , he is their Court jester. He forces the rich to relax by listening to his jokes and to the Commoners , he is their comforter as he makes them laugh and temporarily forget their sorrows.
Welcome to Bako Adekunle Michael’s world.
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Welcome to the World of the Comedian aka Agba Oluwere. His works have gone round the globe to United States of America,United Kingdom, Canada, Russia, even in the Australia and Cambodia .He prays to be among number three Nigerian Comedians .
Come, are you sad?. Are you downcast? Are you betrayed by friends or messed by haters? Agba Oluwere has the antidote, he has the medicine or therapy to calm your frayed nerves .He will pour cool water in your mind and lift your spirit once again.Watch his comedy .
Here in this video he speaks English , Yoruba and Owo dialect.
SOME LECTURERS CALLED ME COCK
I STARTED MY COMEDY IN MARCH
WHEN CHIEF …..[aka BASSEY) SEND ME ON ERRANDS [listen to the video)
INTRODUCTION
”My names are Bako Adekunle Michael. I will be 33 years old by God’s grace in October. I am the first child of my mother .My biological father is late. My step father is called Liadi Akanni , he is my father and he lives in California , USA. He has been a great father and highly supportive , he is unequaled. I love him. He is my biggest supporter in all ramifications .He is a great father .I attended Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo where I read Mass Communication and from where I obtained my Ordinary National Diploma(OND) in Mass Communication . My mother Ramatu Akanni is a Musician and she plays Owo Cultural Music. I am a Musician and also a Comedian.
COVID 19 GAVE BIRTH TO MY COMEDY
Asked when he started his comedy and his response is shocking , he said ”I started my comedy in March this year , officially this year 2020”Michael said he went into Comedy by accident , and no thanks to the lock down due to COVID 19 pandemic , he said ”I will say it’s a gift from God”, he continued ”during the COVID pandemic, and as an Entertainer , there is no show .I went to my home town, ,Owo one day and I went to the market to get some stuff with my mother so when I got to the market we were told it had been locked up because of COVID 19. When I got home I did the comedy in my Owo dialect about the closing of the market .Ever since the thing started booming”
GOT DRUNK AND WENT TO ANOTHER PERSON APARTMENT
”I was invited to a party by brother Nuru, and at the party I was deadly drunk and hungry.When I managed to get home I went straight to the kitchen and prepared eba and while I was warming the soup I heard my neighbour’s voice saying ‘here is the man’. That was how I was arrested by the Police officer for intruding into another man’s apartment .The fact is that I didn’t know that I went to another person’s apartment since all the buildings in the estate look alike”
SOURCES OF MY COMEDIES
Asked whether these Comedies are from his personal life experiences or from other people’s experience , but the young man said he never used other people’s life experience to act but said ” I do research always . I stay at home and think of what to do. I would just sit and think of what could make people laugh .I don’t take it personal ”
I WAS ONCE A MUSICIAN
The man who said he was a Musician from the start said he was playing Afro pop , ”I have my songs online and video but I am popular in Comedy , the Comedy made me popular in my home town in Owo , but the music made me popular in Nigeria like Lagos , but Owo did not get the music part of me”
MY HAIRSTYLE IS MY TRADE MARK
On the style on his head , Agba Oluwere said that it is his trade mark.” That is my trademark.I don’t know what is called , any time want to make my hair I would just go to the salon and ask them to do my hair for me , then they know what it should be -plaiting . On my earrings I actually wanted to do something to make me unique , to be seen and recognized. One should dress the way he wants to be addressed.Some see me as an artiste,some thought I am a footballer…..”
EMBARRASSMENT
Agba Oluwere did not deny that he faced many challenges among them is Police embarrassment and his criticisms from his friends and family members . He said , ”I face embarrassment by the Nigerian Police, from people around me even my mother did not accept my mode of dressing but she eventually accepted it.
”There was a day my mother called me and said ‘why would you be doing this with mouth open when you are a musician ?’,but I told them that this is what I love doing .I don’t want to be scamming people. i don’t want to go to the social media and be scamming .Imagine they went to the extent of calling me Agba Were, Agba Odidi ,(Mad man, Foolish old man ) I know someday they will celebrate me”
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WHY USING OWO DIALECT
Agba Oluwere did not come out without doing his research especially on what language to use , he said ”I started using Owo dialect for I did a lot of research work and saw Lasisi Elenu from Lagos , Comedians from Ikale and Ikare .And I thought If I should be using English, will I make sense? I decided to use my native language , and I thank God it is appreciated”.
ORIGIN OF MY NICKNAME
Asked to shed light on his nickname, the young man laughed and said ”Agba means an elderly person , Oluwere means a talkative , thus the combination of the two words Agba Oluwere means an elderly man that talks too much . It was Mr. Tunde Onibode who calls me anytime I post my Comedy to Owo Kingdom platform , he would say Agba is greeting you o , and I added Oluwere. One day I called him and told him I wanted to add the Oluwere to the Agba , he accepted it , and since then I have been putting it like that . Mr. Tunde Onibode a great Owo man gave me the name”.
WATCH THE ABOVE VIDEO AND LISTEN TO OTHER STORIES ON :
….WHY MY LECTURERS CALLED ME COCK ( AKUKO)
……I ASSISTED MY FRIEND, BASSEY AND LANDED IN TROUBLE
….. COMEDY ON BABALAWO OF THE NATION
…..MESSAGE TO MY FANS
…….I HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND SEARCHED MANY TIMES BY THE POLICE
BROTHER NURU AND HIS MAGICAL RING, I WOKE UP AT THE POLICE STATION.
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