Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season 4 Reality TV show, known as ‘Pepper Dem’ winner, and a housemate in BBNaija All Stars season, Mercy Eke has gone online to cry out while questioning what becomes of her millions of Naira deposited in Heritage Bank.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked Heritage Bank’s license on June 3, and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says it has taken it over as the appointed liquidator.
NDIC said the bank’s total depositors are 2.3 million, with 99 percent of them having total balances of less than N5 million.
Highest depositors at Heritage Bank will get only N5million of their money now and get more later when the NDIC gets more money from the bank’s assets and loans, meaning Mercy may lose about N95m.
On X, Mercy explained that she opened the account when she won the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) contest because they were the sponsors of the reality show and that was the only account they could pay her winnings into.
She added that her financial adviser fooled her into fixing the money, despite knowing that the bank was experiencing problems.
“I really don’t no how to react about this … I have been hoping for the best .. thinking there’s a way out…. #heritagebank,” She wrote.
See her posts and other reactions below:
