Big Brother Africa (Season 5) winner, Uti Nwachukwu has sounded a note of warning to those hoping to become the next Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) star like Laycon, Mercy Ekeh and the past winners of the show.
Uti who also expressed is worries over the way people have been bombarding him with calls and messages just to get a slot from him for the BBNaija 2021 show, disclosed that 90% of the youths view Big Brother Naija as their only hope for breakthrough in Nigeria.
He made this assertion on his Instagram page.
He wrote; “But please I am begging you people, stop looking for shortcuts!! Whatever happened to earning your spot!”
“The way my phones have been ringing for the past 2weeks is actually worrisome. Let’s not even get started on the DMs.”
“The conversation is always the same: please who can I pay?What are the connections? Put me inside na?”
“Sigh! You guys have it easy o! In my time it was Big Brother Africa! So who did I know? Who could possibly rigged it to give an unknown hustling University undergraduate from Delta State, the only available slot for Nigeria?”
“Now you have at least 15 if not 20 slots and you can’t believe in yourself enough to earn your own slot.”
“Top the point that some have insulted me for telling them the truth that there are no connections or payments for a slot in the big brother show.”
“Saying things like: ‘Bro. this wickedness is not the way. You don chop your own, you no wan make we chop abi? Man no be God. I go make am’.”
“I am tired. No be me get show abeg. But stop with the calls and messages. Stop looking for non existing connections.”
“People have been scammed of millions because of this: Be and believe in yourself and hope for the best. If it is your time nothing can stop you.”