Popular stand-up comedian and actor, Okey Bakassi, has lent his voice to draw attention to the alarming rate of drug abuse and its consumption in Nigeria especially amongst Nigerian celebrities. Bakassi made the assertion when he appeared as a guest on Emma Ugolee’s The Gist alongside African China and Sound Sultan. According to him, “conservatively, 70% of Nigerian celebrities are on some sort of substance today. They have gone ballistic. You hear a lot of names- SK, Kush, Loud, etc. The names come everyday and you’re struggling to keep up with the nomenclature of it.”
