Laycon wins BBNaija Season Five prize of N85m

• I came to promote my song, see me now ― Laycon

Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon in the Big Brother Naija Season 5 TV reality show, has won the N85 million total prize money set aside for the singular winner of the show.

Laycon emerged winner after 71 days in the Big Brother Naija House among 19 other contestants in the hotly contested competition.

The finale was witnessed by five finalists Nengi, Dorathy, Neo, Vee and Laycon.

Each of the four left in quick succession during the final event leaving Laycon, the fan favourite.

Laycon, who was visibly overwhelmed after he was declared winner, said “I came to promote my song, see me now”.

He, however, thanked his fans, who unknown to him, had become a massive movement, stressing that he was grateful to them and the organisers of the event.

Laycon as a housemate distinguished himself during the competition as an objective and intelligent contestant and accumulated arguably the most wins of tasks.

He emerged a fan favourite from the first week, after some housemates allegedly undermined him at first glance.

He also became a dominant threat, after proving his prowress during physical and mental tasks.

His fan base, the ‘Icons’ trended the artiste for a total of nine weeks, and secured his win after a voting process that set the record in the history of the competition.

Laycon was born in 1994 and was raised in Lagos. The 26-year-old rapper went to the University of Lagos from 2012 through 2016 and graduated from the institution with a BA in Philosophy, Second Class Upper.

Laycon as an undergraduate, interned at Latjum Global Nigeria Limited, an oil and gas marketing company, as a personal assistant to the CEO and managing director of the company.

After graduating from the university, Laycon got a job at Bestman Games, Ikoyi, as a sales and business development personnel.

Bestman Games is an African games company based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Laycon left Bestman Games after two months and worked at the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy as a personal assistant to the Assistant Director (Welfare) of Administration and Human resources of the ministry.

Music has always been his passion, as the rapper also worked as a freelance writer for several companies and organisations.

Even while at school and when he was working, he pursued music on the side. One of his most famous songs is ‘Fierce’ and ‘Hip Hop’, the former which he features Chinko Ekun and Reminisce. The song was on the MTV Base Top 10 charts for six months.

Laycon will be presented his prize by the organisers on Wednesday.