Nigerians spent N7.2Bn to vote on BBNaija

October 7, 2019
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Statistics emanating from the final day of the Big Brother Naija Season 4 ‘Pepper Dem Gang’ episode shows that Nigerians spent a whopping N7.2 billion on votes.

Announcing the results on Sunday, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host, said that the season got over 240 million votes, out of which over 50 million votes were cast in the final week of the season.

National Daily reports that it costs N30 to cast a vote on the BBNaija Reality TV Show.

With the figure, Nigerians spent over N7.2 billion on votes alone.

Announcing the winner of the show, the host also disclosed that a record-breaking over 50 million votes amounting to N1.5 billion were garnered in the last week of the show.

The N7.2 billion figure spent on votes is higher than the allocation received by three Nigerian states for the month of January.

Meanwhile, Mercy Eke has become the winner of Big Brother Naija season four, winning with a wide margin.

This win makes Mercy the first woman to win the Big Brother Naija reality show since inception.

Popularly known as ‘Lamborghini’, Mercy was touted as the possible winner for the season by show fans and celebrities alike.

The light hearted diva made the top two with her show best friend, Mike Edwards, who emerged first runner up.

As winner, Mercy walked home with cash prize worth over 40 million Naira, brand new Innosson SUV, Dubai trip for two and other prizes.

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