Nigerian Comedian, Elenu dedicates his first Awards to colleague, AY

Fast Rising comedian, Elenu won his first major awards – Modemen and Dynamix all-youth Awards – in 2012, and he dedicated the awards to his colleague, Ayodeji Makun simply known as AY. He said he did, “for three reasons, one because he is my Boss; two, because he is my prudent and dependable mentor, and three, because he felt my jokes when nobody hyped me.” He continued, “AY has been a great source of blessing to me in the comedy industry ever since I won AY’s Open Mic Challenge in 2006. AY gave me the chance to participate in the competition. He groomed me under his roof for two years, and on every edition of his AY Live CDs you will find me. He even refers to some of his big clients when he is too occupied to MC at their functions. There’s God who gave me the talent and there’s AY who helped discovered and groom the talent.” Looking back at achievements that shaped the last 12 months, Elenu described 2012 as “my beginning of great success to come.” Born Akinlami Babatunde Julius, Elenu is a graduate of Computer Science at the University of Benin. He started Stand-up Comedy professionally in November 2006 after winning the third edition of AY’s Open Mic Challenge, he is the first and only male child from an Ondo State family of five and he is engaged to Chinwe Anyanwu, an International Studies and Diplomacy graduate of Benson Idahosa University.