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Born | Enorense Victory 17 December 2014 Benin City, Nigeria | ||||||
Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||
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Also known as | Abeg Shift | ||||||
Years active | 2021–present | ||||||
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Subscribers | 270,000 | ||||||
Total views | 53.3 million | ||||||
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Kiriku (born 17 December 2014), also known as Enorense Victory, is a Nigerian comedian, content creator and child actor. [2] [3]
Kiriku is of Benin descent from Edo State, south-south Nigeria. [4] He is part Urhobo tribe. [5] [6] [7] He is the brother to Umbrella Boy, who is also his manager. [8] [7] And He is the last child of a family of four siblings. [9]
He is recognized for his use of the phrase "abeg shift" and his preference for wearing t-shirts that are larger than his size in his skits. [10] He came into the limelight after his skits were posted severally by Instablog9ja and Tunde Ednut. He started his career in his hometown, Benin City, before moving to Lagos - which is Nigeria's entertainment capital - to continue pursuing a career in comedy. He has had collaborative works with Broda Shaggi, Mr Funny and Iyanya. He has also had comedy collaborative works with Officer Woos and Cute Abiola. [11] He was called the most sought-after child comic actor in Nigeria by The Sun. [12] [13]
Kiriku won the award for the Breakout Social Content Creator of the Year 2022 at the Net.ng awards. [14] [15]
Kiriku alongside his brother bought two Mercedes Benz cars for their parents in 2022, as a token of appreciation. [16] [17] Citing his reason for buying a car for his parents as being that his father's car had become too old and faulty over the years, and he had always dreamed of getting his father a new car once he had the financial capacity to. [18]
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