The father of BBNaija season 7 winner Josephina ‘Phyna‘ Otabor claims his daughter abandoned her family after winning N100M from the reality show.
Recalled that in 2022, Phyna won the BBNaija ‘Level Up’ edition big prize of N100 million. Her parents felt their pain had ended at the time, but they had no idea that their difficulties would continue.
In a recent interview with Vanguard, Phyna’s father, Mr Felix Otabor, stated that the day Phyna was proclaimed the winner of BBNaija Season 7 in 2022 was the last time they saw her.
He claimed she vanished and abandoned them as soon as the prize money was given to her.
Mr. Otabor further stated that Phyna had asked him to leave being a hearse driver but had failed to assist him when he did so, leaving him jobless.
He stated below;
“I haven’t seen Phyna, my daughter since she won BBNaija ‘Level Up’ edition last year. She hasn’t returned home since then. I don’t know why? I am a professional hearse driver, and when she won the reality TV show, she asked me to do away with all my old cars, promising to change my life. But since then, I haven’t seen her. And I don’t have a car again. Once in a while, the Vice-Chairman of our association will allow me to drive his own car.
“I sold all my four cars because at the time , my daughter won the show. I thought that God had finally answered our prayers. I called her on the telephone, and she said God has blessed us. She asked me to do away with all my old cars, or she would give them out to Aboki, any day she returned.
So, instead of allowing her to dash out my cars to scavengers, I decided to sell them as scraps and used the proceeds to renovate my house. And that was the beginning of my suffering. I stopped doing my business because I had no car again. And my neighbours thought I was either stingy or pretending as if my daughter just won a N100 million grand prize. I was the Vice-Chairman of our association, but when I couldn’t show up at our station for some time, they replaced me with another person.
From that moment, things started getting tough for me.I am even looking for somebody that will give me a car on hire purchase. I need help, it has come to that point/. I don’t want to die in silence.’
The 68-year-old ambulance driver also stated that Phyna does not return their calls.
When asked why Phyna was ignoring them, Otabor stated he had no idea and didn’t know where his daughter was.
“I only see her on Facebook or Instagram whenever she shares new photos on these platforms,” he added.
