The Big brother housemate was disqualified from the reality show on Friday.
The 23-year-old Anita Natacha Akide, popularly called Tacha for assaulting her housemate, Mercy.
The fight may have been triggered by the fact that Tacha’s billboard was pulled down in Imo State, Mercy’s home state by some irate youths coupled Mercy provoking her of having body in which she sprayed body deodorant.
Yet, Mercy also got two strikes as a result of the fight they both had earlier today.
Their disagreement started when the Head Of House, Seyi, called everyone to the lounge so they could read their task for the day from Biggie’s scroll.
However, Mercy who had just finished having her bath came out late for the reading – a situation which got Tacha upset and she began to reign insults on Mercy who was quick to insult her back.
Though Tacha known as the Port Harcourt girl is the 18th housemate to leave the House, she has also become the first housemate to be disqualified from the ongoing reality show.
Big Brother also reiterated the rules of the reality show while addressing the housemates.
He said, “BBNaija rule book clearly states in Article 18 sub-section 1 that, other types of violence, including provocation, goading, bullying, and victimisation may be punished by Big Brother in any way Big Brother chooses.”
With this new development, the Housemates are now down to eight following Cindy’s earlier eviction.
This development comes barely two weeks after Big Brother magnanimously forgave house infringements and lifted the strikes.
During their altercation earlier in the day, Big Brother had invited both housemates to the Diary Room, where he cautioned them.
In spite of his caution, the duo continued to exhibit violent behaviour, with Tacha acting out violently against Mercy, while Mercy visibly restrained herself and was also prevented from being physically violent.
The organisers, Multichoice, also issued a statement to the effect.
Their statement read, “MultiChoice and the show producers, are committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all housemates in the Big Brother house at all times. We view incidents such as occurred with Tacha and Mercy in a very serious light and will continue to take necessary action against housemates who break the strict rules of Big Brother.”
Background
Mercy and Tacha’s fight dominated social media on Friday morning.
The fight started when Big Brother sent a scroll into the house to be read and Mercy delayed reading the message.
Reacting to the delay, Tacha snidely told Mercy to sleep there, leading Mercy to refer to Tacha as a stupid girl.
The duo soon got locked in an argument that got physical and culminated in the pulling of hair by Tacha.
While the ladies fought, the men in the house pretended not to see them.
BBNaija season four is sponsored by Bet9ja.
This year’s edition will run into October 9 when a winner will be announced.
The winner of season four will walk away from the house with N30 million cash prize and a top of the range SUV, amongst many other exciting prizes.
Meanwhile, Nigerian musician, Peter Okoye of the Psquare fame, has denied promising to give Big Brother Naija, BBNaija. ex-housemate, Tacha, the prize money if she’s evicted.
Peter, who now goes by the stage name Mr P, had made the boast while reiterating his support for Tacha.
On August 9, in a post on his Instagram, he stated: “If Tacha did not win, I’ll give her the money.”
But after Big Brother disqualified Tacha on Friday night over act of provocation and violence, Peter said he never promised to dole out cash.
In a live chat with Tunde Ednut, he said: “If anybody has the video, tweet from me or Instagram I posted, I will give the person N10 million. I said I will help her make N60 million, never said I will give her.”
Tacha was sent out following her face-off with Mercy which saw both housemates hurl insults at each other.
