They say when life throws you a lemon, make a lemonade out of it. Life is never kind to anyone, we only get what we demand and make out of it, and the key to it is perseverance.
As former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Winstill Churchill, rightly puts it, “success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
Chibuike Gabriel, fondly known as Untouchable Comedy, an online comedian in Nigeria, has accomplished a lot within a short time in his career.
The career of Chibuike Gabriel started about five years ago, but like it usually happens to every successful person, it was not a bed of roses. He persevered, determined not to give up on his dreams, the fulfillment of which we are are all living witnesses to today.
Chibuike Gabriel has built a popular brand among the pack of social media comedians in the Nigerian entertainment industry, to the level that he is leagues ahead of the rest.
Surprisingly, Chibuike Gabriel, who goes by the stage name Untouchable comedy and is a native of Enugu State, has wrapped up his tertiary education,, after obtaining his primary and secondary certificates in the eastern part of the country. He already knew what destiny wanted him to do, and he began his career before graduating from school.
He creates relatable and funny content. The comic act grew up in the east and mostly dresses as a native doctor in his videos, and to drive home the character, sometimes speaks Igbo which his mother tongue.
Chibuike Gabriel is the king of pranks in Nigeria, but he does his thing in a unique way. The comedian pranks lovers to test their loyalty to each other in their relationships, and he helps maintain uprightness in the society in some ways. In some of his prank videos, he would deliberately drop money sometimes to see who would return it, and he rewards accordingly.
It was during one of his regular prank videos he met Precious, who was a fruit seller. She was ready to take off her t-shirt for N15,000, which she said would make the difference in her business when asked what she intended to do with the money. He was moved with compassion, relocated her from the unihabitable shelter she puts up and co-opted her into his production crew.
Chibuike Gabriel, who was born in the 1990s, has done well for himself in the industry, as he has earned so much accolades for himself. His net worth is currently estimated to be between $100,000 and $200,000. He is also a brand ambassador with 1.5milliom followers on Facebook and over 50,000 followers on Instagram.
He is as influential on the streets as he is in the entertainment sector in the country. The philanthropic jester uses the streets to touch the lives of the underprivileged, poor and disadvantaged in many way.
