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October 4, 2020

BBNaija Lockdown winner, Laycon in numbers

Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Tuesday, announced the donation of N5 million and a three-bedroom bungalow to the winner of the just-concluded Big Brother Naija reality show, Olamilekan Agbelesebioba He also appointed him as the Youth Ambassador of the state. Abiodun made the announcement when he played host to Agbelesebioba, popularly known as Laycon, in his office in Abeokuta He expressed the hope that his good character, excellence, good virtues, calmness and integrity would serve as a model to the youths in the state. “It is hoped that you will help inspire our teeming youths to channel their energies towards positive engagements and shun vices, such as robbery, drug abuse, cultism, advanced fee fraud, cybercrimes and kidnapping, amongst other negative tendencies,” he said. He described Laycon’s conduct in the House as a demonstration of the “Omoluabi” virtue, which he said was the primary ingredient of an average Ogun indigene. He observed that in spite all the odds, temptations and provocations, the BB Naija show winner was able to come out unscathed and uninvolved in any scandal or immoral act. “You have also demonstrated, with the way you carried out your assigned tasks in the House with comportment, intellectual responses to questions and your spirit of fair-play through which your academic achievement at the University of Lagos was earned. “This has also shown that our universities can and still produce graduates who are found worthy in both character and learning. “Indeed, what we are celebrating today is much more than the entertainment that the House provided, but what you represent: a rare combination of prodigious intellect, academic excellence, multi-faceted talents, character and resilience. “I believe your career will draw inspiration from great sons and daughters of Ogun, who have made their marks in their respective chosen careers,” he added. The governor said he was impressed with Laycon’s display while in the House, just as he urged parents and guardians to help in nurturing the talents of their children and wards in order for them to be useful to themselves and the society in the future. He maintained that parents and guardians should realise that there was life outside the four walls of classrooms, “as entertainers are also successful men and women, who are contributing to national development”. Abiodun said that his administration would continue to unleash the creative energies of the youth and the generality of the people as innovators, academics, researchers, entertainers and creative artists in public and private sectors and, formal and informal sectors, for the continued development of the nation. According to him, plans are at an advanced stage to build an ‘Entertainment Village’ for film makers, artists and musicians, where their skills could be nurtured with added value for the socio-economic development. A visibly excited Laycon praised the governor for his youth-oriented programmes and promised to work with him to ensure that the “Building Our Future Together” agenda of his administration was successful.

The big idea behind the Big Brother Naija reality TV show is about turning nobody to somebody. It is a platform that can turn a zero to a hero overnight and the current person wallowing in that euphoria right now is Laycon born Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe.

When he came into the Big Brother House he was viewed as something of an “underdog” and in less than 71 days in the House, he has turned a “big dog” running the show everywhere.

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Okay, everyone knows he’s N85 million richer, both in cash and assets. He got his straight N30 million cash on Wednesday plus other add-ons which include a cool latest SUV from Innoson Motors, a two-bedroom apartment from Revolution Homes, an all-expense-paid trip to the Guinness House, Dublin and more. He also got a direct N5m prize from Betway awarded to him and Ozo on their MAD Sports initiative.

Apart from the huge numbers that accrued to him from the show, his life or should we say his previous life changed dramatically too. When he came to the Big Brother House he came with paltry 3 thousand plus followers on Instagram but at the end of the show, he had attracted over 1.5 million followers.

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Laycon was a rapper and singer who has a number of songs to his credit. In fact, he started doing music in 2016 but a handful of people would claim to have known him. He released his first album in 2019 titled “Who is Layco?” and the song in over a year could only garner about 20 thousand streams online. No sooner did he become an “Icon” than things began to happen in another realm. The “Who is Laycon” album now boasts over 7 million streams.

Word in the grapevine has it that many artists, including the so-called big boys, want to have a piece of him for a collaboration.

The stars certainly aligned for the boy from Ogun State as he emerged the biggest and best winner of the show ever, beating all winners before him in terms of the total number of votes amassed. Out of the over 900 million votes cast in this year’s edition, Laycon scooped over 60% of it. Staggering!

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