Dethroned
beauty queen Miss Nollywood 2015/2016 Grace Okoro Adaeze revealed her side of
the story.
MY SIDE OF
THE STORY
I called the
contact phone number which was on the advert page for the Miss Nollywood 2015 /
2016 after filling the online form and making the bank registration payment.
Mr
Barakumo Odede who picked the call asked me to order for tickets which I will
sell like other contestants which is a criteria to be a potential winner of the
pageant. I then sold tickets worth #40,000 which I gave it to Mr Barakumo.
One night
during camping, Mr Barakumo told us all that he will interview us but it will
be privately done in his room. We went in one after the other. I went in when
it was my turn and Mr Barakumo was behaving very funny that made me very
uncomfortable in that room. Amongst other things, he asked me if I had a
boyfriend, and I said yes, and he said that Queens don’t have boyfriends but
rich men pays for it. I left the room angrily and upset, I later found out that
he asked other contestants for s*x too during the one-on-one interview
sessions. On one faithful night again, Mr Barakumo sent me a text to meet him
at the corridor, which I did.
But he was
not there, then I called him and he asked me to open the next room’s door, when
I did, I saw him sitting on a chair with a worried look, “Boss, are you OK? I
asked him and he replied “Yes, but I am tired and I need lovemaking from you”.
I reminded
him of my boyfriend. This word got him angry and he then told me that other
contestants were begging for it while he is giving it to me for free and I’m
rejecting his offer. He pulled off his clothes and tried to get me down then I
slapped him, struggled to get away from him and ran to my room immediately. He
later sent me a text that he was sorry that he don’t know what came over him
and pleaded that I shouldn’t tell anyone about it.
On the grand
finale, 27th December, 2015 after we have been declared winners, we were
surprised to learn that crowns were borrowed from Miss Bayelsa pageant to crown
us and immediately after our group photographs, the crowns were returned back
to the organizers of the Miss Bayelsa pageant whose pageant was being held same
day at a different venue.
All the
regional Queens were not crowned as a result of this. We were given just
flowers and sashes. There was no rules, there was no contract agreement for us
to sign, no constitution was read to us, no certificate was given neither did
we see the 1million naira star prize for the winners as promised by Bara as he
is popularly called.
The next day
he told us to dress very good and come downstairs to the pool side, when we got
there, he introduced us to a man who we later found out was a politician. That
was when it dawned on us that Bara is up to something different, we later went
back to our rooms talking about what just happened. The next morning, Mr Bara
asked for N5, 000.00, I told him that I don’t have any cash on me so he begged
and took my ATM card to withdraw the money.
I was so
shocked to receive an alert, N45, 000.00 debits out of the N50,000.00 that was
in the account. He withdrew all my money, the cash that I saved for my school
fees and left just N5, 000.00. When I confronted him, he pleaded that the
organization will pay me back the money later and that the hotel management had
asked us to leave because he couldn’t pay the complete deposit for our accommodation
and that I shouldn’t tell the company’s secret out.
I was
confused and wandered what a beauty pageant I got myself into where the
organizer begs from his contestants for almost everything. The last of it was
when he requested for one of my phones that owner of the one he was using just
took it and there’s no way he can communicate anymore. I gave Bara my Techno
T470 phone before we all left Bayelsa at the end.
After our
crowning, Mr Barakumo told me to work very hard that by the first 3 months into
our reign, the agency will give me all my benefits. With this, I worked
diligently.
I am so proud
to say that I did very well with the help of my parents no money was given to
me by him. Instead I gave Mr Barakumo N15, 000.00 to design two awards plaques
which I’ll be presenting to the King of my Community and the leader of our
traditional ruling council when I paid them courtesy visit respectively.
I have always
carried him along in all I do yet he keeps pestering me for money and recharge
cards. I called when I wanted to unveil my pet project (the Hope Support
Initiative Foundation) and he said he was very proud and happy for me. He even
suggested to do all my designs and printing in Bayelsa State, saying that it is
cheaper there. I sent him the money he requested for the printing and also
specially invited him to the launching of my foundation, with all his expenses
on me ( Transport, accommodation, feeding and miscellaneous). He pledged to
donate N700, 000.00 (it is on the video tape) Bara asked me to date him I
refused.
Women don come, d story get as it bi jare
ReplyDeleteD GUY BI CROOK, THIEF
ReplyDeleteOle ashawooo
ReplyDeleteThe bobo na 419 ole, ashawo not d queen, u are still a queen did say it in my first comment
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