Comedian Ebiye apologizes for sexist joke about Aramide’s Headies award

Comedian Ebiye shared a photo on his Snapchat, of the singer accepting the award with the caption:

“She can’t even believe it, lol she prolly f***ed for the award. #Headies

“A screenshot of the comment soon circulated on social media and the comedian was put on blast.”

The comedian, on his Instagram, has apologised, terming the comment as a distasteful joke

“I made a distasteful joke about @aramidemusic last night at the headies. I am embarrassed by my comments and I am profusely sorry.

“Aramide is a hardworking artist who deserves every recognition she gets by merit. I sincerely apologize and pledge that such will not repeat itself again.

“I pledge to control my words in the future as things said and written cannot be taken back.”