Mercy Eke explained that the now-viral controversial tweet which called out Onyeka was not posted by her but by her handler
By Kehinde Okeowo
Popular reality star and social media influencer, Mercy Eke has taken to the Internet to tender an apology after her handler tagged Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ housemate, Onyeka, a “gold digger.”
In a now-deleted tweet, her handler claimed Onyeka got close to another housemate, Ozee Mbadiwe because of his wealthy background.
Tweeting via Mercy Eke’s verified X page, her handle wrote, “Onyeka the Mbadiwe gold digger sorry to burst your bubbles there’s no gold in the twins… #BBnaija.”
After the post made the rounds it sparked outrage from netizens, most of whom took to the comment section of the tweet to condemn Eke’s action.
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Following the backlash, Eke, who won the 2019 edition of BBNaija reality show issued an apology, explaining that the tweet wasn’t posted by her but by her handler.
She added that she has left anything that concerns Big Brother Naija behind and couldn’t have involved herself in this season’s drama.
She wrote, “Can’t believe I’m waking up to this on my birthday. A handler that was supposed to post my birthday contents and reply to birthday wishes was involving herself in a BBN drama and now I have to deal with this mess???
“I have left everything BBN behind for Christ’s sake! And seeing such silly opinions, especially about one of the housemates I like! The only reason I’m not tagging this person’s main page is to not get her bullied by fans, because this is highly unprofessional.
“I apologize to Team Onyeka because this is so embarrassing coming from my account, it definitely does not represent me or how I feel.”
