Tobi Bakre, a Big Brother Naija Season 3 finalist, has revealed why he left his banking job to participate in the TV reality show in 2018, glamsquad reports
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According to the actor, he worked for Heritage Bank as a currency dealer for four years before resigning because the job became “boring.”
Tobi was featured in a recent episode of Olumurewa and Michael Sonariwo’s audiovisual podcast Menisms.
“My personality gets bored when I do the same thing over and over,” he explained. I was still young at the time. I was probably 22 at the time. So I told myself, ‘OK, I’ve always wanted to be on this show [Big Brother Naija], and I’m tired of this [banking] job.’ So it was either that I started processing my japa [Visa] to Canada or that I went for [BBNaija]. And then it was more like, go for this thing [BBNaija], then come back and process your Canada [Visa] and whatever life throws at you.
“I was just sick of where I was.” So I decided to take a chance on this [BBNaija]. So we went for Big Brother, and I didn’t really think that after Big Brother, this is what I want to do, that’s what I want to do. I was just like, okay, if anything came up, I had management, someone I respected and trusted. And I was like, ‘please o, whatever I’m doing there [Big Brother house], make sure there’s value to be had when I leave.'”
When he returned from the Big Brother House in South Africa, the former TV reality star was overjoyed to see his former boss at the bank bring a Range Rover to pick him up from the airport.
It was his first time entering a range rover, he admitted.
He was also ecstatic to see his Instagram page reach 250k followers.
Tobi revealed that his fans donated N800,000 to his account because he did not win the grand prize.
“Because I didn’t win, many fans have sent money to my account.” Sorry, guys, this is my first time confessing. I walked into the bank as if nothing had happened. Because life was tough that December, I remember myself and one of my friends, Adamu, saying, “Let’s just spend all our money and enjoy ourselves.” And that is exactly what we did. We went clubbing, partying, and spent all of our money. As a result, there was no money in January. I just left the Big Brother house and noticed that I had N800 and something thousand in my account. So I [used it] to purchase an iPhone. But I was prepared to do the work. “I believe the rest is history,” he continued.