20-year-old student is latest house winner in Glo Festival of Joy
A twenty-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, Ibrahim Ayanleke Abiodun, has become the latest winner of a three-bedroom house in Globacom’s Festival of Joy promotion. He was presented the keys to the apartment in Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, December 16, by Glo officials, the Executive Chairman of Ibeju Lekki Local Government, Abdullahi Olowa, and Hon. Noherm Adams, member representing Etiosa Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly.
He thus became the fifth house winner in the promo. The other four winners are 19-year-old undergraduate of Ekiti State University, Ibrahim Akindele, 48-year-old Abuja businessman, Chukwu Rueben Okorie; 26-year-old lawyer, Chimeka Woke, and 49-year-old mechanical engineer, Ola Owonifari Joseph, both of whom won in Port Harcourt.
For the Lagos winner, Abiodun, it took Glo officials the whole of Thursday, December 15, after the draw for the house was done, to convince him to come forward for verification. He was called from Gloworld on Adeola Odeku and told the good news. He promised to come down as advised, but he never did. Subsequent calls by officials of the company were also ignored by him for most of the day.
It was only after a video call showing him the premises of Globacom as well as persuasions from friends and neighbours that he believed that the calls from Glo were actually genuine and that his status had indeed changed to that of a landlord. He later showed up on Friday to claim his prize. Abiodun told guests at the presentation ceremony that though he opted for the promo by dialing *611#, he was not prepared for the shock of being called to be told that he had won a house. He said he was defrauded of money last year when he tried to rent a house for his parents. “I was also being careful because all kinds of things are going on in town these days and we need to also know that this is also December when scammers would also try last minute activities to scam people”, he explained.
Speaking at the event, Olowa commended the giant strides of Globacom noting that the company had, since inception, pioneered and sustained the tradition of making subscribers a priority in its operations. “It is heartwarming to note that Globacom still keeps faith with the tradition of adding wholesome value to the lives of its subscribers,” he said.
Globacom’s Regional Manager, Lagos 1, Mr Temitope Ayeni, encouraged subscribers wishing to participate in the promo to “dial the dedicated short code *611# and recharge as appropriate to stand a chance to win any of the prizes on offer. Subscribers who desire to win any of the 3-bedroom houses must make data subscription up to at least N20,000 during the promo period. The more they recharge, the higher the chances of winning”, he said.
-the sun
