Education Profile of Okey Bakassi

Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule professionally known as Okey Bakassi born on October 23rd, 1969 in Owerri, Imo State. He is a Nigerian stand-up comedian and actor.

He completed his primary school education at the Alvan Ikoku Demonstration School and obtained his First School Leaving Certificate. After completing his primary school education, he proceeded to Mbaise Secondary School in Imo State, Nigeria where he studied briefly before moving to Federal Government College, Port Harcourt in Rivers State where he obtained his West African Senior School Certificate.  

Thereafter, Okey proceeded to Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1992.

In 1993 Zeb Ejiro, gave him his first opportunity to appear on a network television production “Fortunes” where he played the role of “Nick”. ever since then he has been in the limelight. In 2014, he won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Igbo) category at the 2014 edition of the Best of Nollywood Awards for his role in the film “Onye Ozi”. On April 22nd, 2018 he celebrated 25years in the comedian industry.

Source: Manpower.com