16th April, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
The winner of the Big Brother Naija ‘PepperDem’ season, Mercy Eke has been hospitalised barely hours after partying with her friends on a yacht.
The reality TV star made this known in a post on her Snapchat page.
She also shared a photo of herself on the hospital bed, urging her friends to avoid wasting their time in anger, regret, worries, and grudges, saying life is too short to be unhappy.
She wrote: “Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. Who would have thought that I would end up in a hospital barely 24 hours after I was seen outside? I’m just having different thoughts of what could have been the worst case.
“God, I thank you for your loving kindness. Life is so fickle. Good health is underrated,” she added.
Earlier this year, the first female winner of the show, took to social media to tell her fans and followers how she will prioritise herself over anything or anyone this year.
“I’ll be doing this year for me,” Mercy Eke wrote while sharing a picture of herself donning a striking outfit on her Instagram page.
Mercy Eke came to the limelight after participating in the Pepper Dem season of the Big Brother Naija show in 2019, where she equally emerged as the winner of the season.
Eke received the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for Best Dressed Female on 14 March 2020.
Eke is from Imo State, Nigeria. She attended Egbu Girls Secondary School in Owerri, and graduated from Imo State University in 2014. Eke appeared as a vixen in the music video for Davido and Ichaba’s single “Baby Mama”.
She also appeared in the music video for Airboy’s song “Nawo Nawo”. Eke auditioned for Big Brother Naija four times before becoming a contestant.
She is the founder of MNM Luxury.
Mercy had previously dated her BBNaija colleague, Ike. Their relationship, which began during the ‘Pepper Dem’ edition in 2019, ended shortly after the show.