Popular Nigerian comedy skit maker, Mariam Apaokagi aka Taaoma has described her husband, Abdulazeez Oladimeji-Greene, aka Abula, as the biggest influence on her rise to stardom.
With 3.5 million followers on Instagram, 3.2 million on Facebook, 660,000 on YouTube and 1.1 on Twitter, Taaoma is arguably the most recognisable female face in the comedy skit business.
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She said all these would have been impossible without her husband’s support.
In an interview with The Punch, when asked who her biggest supporter was, she said, “I will say my husband, Abdulazeez Oladimeji-Greene, aka Abula, has been the major person that has pushed my career to the point I am at now.”
Asked how she met Abula, the Kogi State-born Taaoma said, “We met when he came for his NYSC in Ilorin, he was a brother to my brother’s friend.
“So, he came visiting and was doing some video shooting and I was so interested and wanted to learn what he was doing.
“So, I approached him to teach me and he started coming to the house once in a while to teach me as I already had a laptop. He also asked me to download some stuff.”
On how this blossomed into a relationship, Taaoma stated, “I had wanted to give up because it was stressful, but I kept pushing.
“So, when he finished serving and left the state, I faced YouTube learning. But when he (Abula) went to Lagos, we were still talking and everything just came into consideration and the whole journey started properly between us.”