By Ishaya Ibrahim
The crowd started surging as early as 2am. Well-dressed young Nigerians looking like celebrities on red carpet. The event was the audition of the 2019 Big Brother Naija.
The estimated number of persons at the event is in thousands. Yet, only 20 people will be chosen across the country. Probably five in the Lagos centre.
Rita Brown, one of the participants for the auditioning came to the venue at 6 am. As at 3 pm when TheNiche spotted her, she was yet to gain access into the venue. As she tried to fight her way through the mass of bodies at the venue. She passed out.
When she was revived, she promised to return the next day to try her luck again. She believes she would be one of those that would finally make the list of 20 participants.
In the meantime, she would have to first gain access into the venue through the chaotic crowd of people struggling to do same too.
Her motivation for such a faith was the N25 million plus an SUV that the winner of the Big Brother Naija is expected to go home with.
Painfully however for her, she may have to battle with thousands of other desperate young Nigerians coveting the 20 slots.