20-year-old student wins GLO promo house prize in Lagos

The lucky winner of a three-bedroom house in Globacom's ongoing customer appreciation promotion, Festival of Joy, is a 20-year-old student.

Ibrahim Ayanleke Abiodun played hide and seek with Glo representatives who called to tell him of his wonderful windfall, acting just like the "doubting Thomas" character. When the call was placed to him following the draw, he resisted showing up the entire day on Thursday.

Before he accepted that the calls from Glo were sincere and that his status had actually changed to that of a landlord, he needed a video call that showed him the Globacom facilities, as well as convincing from friends and neighbours. On Friday, Ibrahim finally arrived to get his house reward.

Engineer Abdullahi Olowa, the executive chairman of Ibeju Lekki Local Government, and Hon. Noherm Adams, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly who represents Etiosa Constituency 1, gave the winner the keys to the three-bedroom home.

Four Glo users had already won homes in Ibadan, Port Harcourt, and Abuja prior to this recent addition. Ibrahim Akindele, a 19-year-old student at Ekiti State University, Chukwu Rueben Okorie, a 48-year-old businessman from Abuja, Chimeka Woke, a 26-year-old attorney from Port Harcourt, and Ola Owonifari Joseph, a 49-year-old mechanical engineer from Abuja, are the four winners.

Ibrahim added that despite having opted into the promotion by dialling *611#, he was unprepared for the shock of learning that he had won a house.

“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 December when scammers would also try last minute activities to scam people”, he said, adding that he had been swindled last year in his bid to rent a befitting apartment for his parents.

Engineer Abdullahi Olowa, speaking at the presenting event, praised Globacom's enormous achievements and said that the company has pioneered and upheld the custom of giving subscribers top priority in all aspects of business operations from its beginning.

“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.

According to Globacom’s Regional Manager, Lagos 1, Mr Temitope Ayeni, subscribers wishing to participate in the promo should “dial the dedicated short code *611# and recharge to be eligible 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 volunteered.