How comedian Layi Wasabi became Africa’s favourite ‘struggling lawyer’

Friday, April 10, 2026

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Layi Wasabi is a Nigerian comedy content creator. He is also a qualified lawyer.

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By Thomas Rajula

Nation Media Group

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Introduce yourself.

For those who don’t know me, I’m the one and only Layi Wasabi, the number one Pan-African lawyer across the globe.

This is my idea of a vacation. I worked almost the entire year—I didn’t even leave Nigeria last year—so I needed a break. I just wanted to experience Kenya. I’ve seen a lot of West Africa, so I wanted to explore another side of the continent. I’ve been interested in Kenya for a while.
My manager is around, so we’ll be doing some media touring, meeting people in the press and all that. He was like, “You’ve spent all this money travelling, let’s get the best out of it.” But honestly, I’m content just experiencing Nairobi.
I’m definitely going to do something with Mammito Eunice. I’ve been following her for quite a while, and she’s hilarious—I’m a big fan. I’m also a fan of Crazy Kennar. He’s not in the country right now, but we’re trying to see if he’ll be back before I leave so we can link up.

I think I stumbled into this style of content. I started as a law student with hopes of becoming a lawyer, but I’ve always had an interest in comedy. At some point, I wanted to be the youngest comedian in Nigeria. But that’s not a dream Nigerian parents usually encourage.
My family advised me to study law because it seemed more stable. I wasn’t bad academically, so it made sense. But I believe destiny finds a man wherever he is. I loved theatre growing up. In secondary school, I had a drama group that performed every weekend. Even while studying law, I joined a drama group in my faculty. Around 2015, content creation started gaining traction, so I thought, 'I have funny stories. I can try this.' I started, then stopped.
I picked it up again in 2020 after graduating, and it began to gain traction. The lawyer character came in 2022 while I was serving at the Ministry of Justice in Ibadan.