Every April 1st is considered April Fool’s Day globally. Nigerian celebrities were not left out as they also joined in the fun. KieKie, Alibaba, Mercy Aigbe, among others pulled off elaborate April’s Fool Day pranks on their followers.
Check out what they had up their sleeves:
KieKie posted several pictures but the first one was a picture of her with a photoshopped baby bump. She captioned ” WE GO AGAIN! Baby 2 is here”, this line caught everyone’s attention not until we read the other part and swiped through the rest of the pictures.
Comedian Alibaba took the prank a notch higher as he announced that his wife birthed Triplets.
“Mary and I are happy and overjoyed to welcome our 3 sons, Aaron, Aalexander, and Aandrew, into the Akpobome family.
It’s been 2 months since they arrived, and as the days go by, we thanh God Almighty for these 3 beautiful blessings”. Alibaba wrote
While some of his industry colleagues congratulated him, others were quick to notice that it was a prank.
Nigerian actress, Mercy Aigbe also joined on the prank train as she posted a picture of her and a baby in her hands. Her caption was meant to mislead people into thinking she had a baby for some months but finally showed him to the world today.
Nigerian music video director, Unlimited LA, pranks netizens with a proposal. He posted a blurred picture of a lady with an engagement ring on her finger, accompanied by a caption that says “She said yes!!!
With the announcement of proposals and weddings by Nigerian celebrities almost every week, this was almost believable not until we saw the rest of the slides.
Nightlife enthusiast, Yhemolee also follows the baby trend as he posts the baby’s hand with the caption “ My bundle of joy is here. Alicia Oluwaferanmi”. His comment section was so hilarious.
“Bundle Ko, Baggage ni” Influencer Osas wrote
Hypeman Dotun says, “ Shatta bundle ni… You wey like to chop life, baby O ti sure for now.”
“How many people wan post this innocent pikin” another comment read.
Ifedayo Agoro, popularly known as ‘Diary of A Naija Girl’ posted the behind-the-scenes of a shoot and captioned it “ Happy birthday to me. #Grateful +1”. Her followers quickly countered the post with her actual birthday date.
Veekee James took to Instagram to announce the cancellation of her Funfair set to be held on April 4th. The fashion designer posted a video with the caption “ Man proposes, God disposes”. While some were sad about the news, others commented ‘April fool’ knowing the designer was trying to prank them.