One of the finalists of the Season 3 ‘Double Wahala’ edition of Big Brother Naija (BBN), Tobi Bakare has explained why he had to dump a banking job to participate in the reality TV show.
Tobi Bakare who made the revelation during an interview on the Olumurewa and Michael Sonariwo’s Menisms audiovisual podcast said that he had been a currency broker at Heritage Bank for four years before deciding to retire due to boredom.
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The reality TV star said that at the age of 22, he decided he wanted to do two things, participate in the BBNaija show or process his Canada visa, but in the end he decided to take part in the reality TV show.
“My personality when I’m doing the same thing over and over it tends to get boring. At that time I was still young. I think I was 22 at that time. So, I said ‘okay I have always wanted to go on this show [Big Brother Naija], and I’m tired of this [banking] job.’
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So, it was either I start processing my japa [Visa] to Canada or I can go for [BBNaija]. And then it was more like you can go for this thing [BBNaija] and then come back and process your Canada [Visa] and whatever life brings.
“I was just really tired of where I was. So, I was like okay let me take a chance on this [BBNaija].
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‘‘So, we went for Big Brother and then I didn’t really think after Big Brother this is what I want to do, that is what I want to do.
I was just like okay, in case anything should come up, I got like management, someone I respected and trusted. And I was like ‘please o, whatever it’s I’m doing there [Big Brother house], plz make sure there’s value to be gotten when I get out’.”
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