Big Brother Naija ‘Pepper Dem‘ winner, Mercy Eke is currently under fire on social media after she highlighted her achievements before the reality show.
The successful entrepreneur had taken to Twitter to express gratitude to God for how far he has brought her, while noting that has been making waves way before she went on the reality show.
According to the 28-year-old, before she went on the Big Brother Naija show in 2019 she already built herself a house in her hometown, and had used 3 luxury cars.
“I drove 3 cars before bbn…Toyota Martrix, Toyota Rav 4 and Mercedes Benz Glk”, she wrote.
A fan of the reality star also revealed that she already built a house in her home town before going on the reality TV show. Mercy Eke quoted the fan’s tweet and revealed the house was her first project even before she bought herself a car.
Reacting to Mercy Eke’s post netizens called her out, accusing her of claiming to be poor on the show to get the sympathy of viewers.
An Instagram user @oge.essentials wrote, “So what was that gist in the house about being poor and all that year??????”
@annmaria.omo, “But in the show you said you roasted corn and sold fuel😂😂 the pity strategy worked anyways. More wins”.
@ola_mara_nma, “But thought they said she was poor and sold fuel at a filling station?🙄…. so all those poverty stories were to gather votes?”
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