I know somebody out there will be reading this piece and saying to himself or maybe laughing hysterically that the writer of this piece must be off his rocker.

“How could this clownish ‘writer wanna-be’ be associating a winning brand like the logistics crooner, Efe Ejegba, with failure? This writer definitely has no clue!” Like Mr. Eazi will say, hey! Please HOLD UP for a second and follow my line of thought as I take you through the FAILING POINTS of our dearly beloved Efe.

First of all, please don’t go down low. Big Brother Nigeria show is a ‘reality’ TV show where house mates are supposed to live their lives in an enclosed and controlled environment, with little or no interactions with outsiders.

First, how can a TV show be real? I mean TV is generally associated with make-believe. Therefore if you are able to pretend in a very convincing manner, you can literally bring warm tears into the eyes of your audience; that is the rule of the game!

6 things that make efe the winner of BBnaija is

1. He was very ORIGINAL:

Take it or leave it, everyone in the show already had a script in their heads, buried within the deepest and darkest part of their subconscious.

Most of the house mates started to play and display their scripts hoping to convince you and I that they are REAL.

However, the only housemate who really failed in that area was Efe. He failed because he must have decided to extricate any script embossed in his mind; all he did was to come with is original and ‘diamond in the rough’ self to play the game.

A wise man once said ‘TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE’. Efe failed the test of make-believe but won and literally stole our hearts away by being original…Believing in his make!

2 He connected to his ROOT:

There is something very special, almost ethereal about a man that is able to relate and connect with his root – his people, experiences, and culture.

While other housemates related fairly on their connectedness to their root, Efe displayed a humongous relish and deep collection with his root – experiences with his people (Niger-Delta), his sometimes tumultuous and rickety experiences growing up, and a deep connection with his culture.

3. He was the LOGISTICS man:

SEE GOOBE, Efe already volunteered to be the logistics person.

He wanted to be the one to carry out all the running around; what some might call the errand or dirty job.

He was not scared that someone else would take the spotlight. Please indulge me for moment, If you are a religious person of Christian faith you might have come across the part of the bible where Jesus Christ said – he that will be first in the kingdom must first be the servant of men…I just paraphrased it.

4. He had his MOTHER’S LOVE: From some of the stories that Efe narrated and recounted while in the house, you will notice streaks of tales of his mother scattered around it.

In this part of the world, we believe that the prayer and good will of a parent especially that of a mother, is almost as potent as the proclamation from God.

I‘m sure his mother’s heart must have leaped in merriment those times she hears her son talk about her (although sometimes he gives too much information); there is no way her merry heart would not pray for him.

5. He was not SUPER HUMAN: We are all creatures flawed with personal idiosyncrasies and foibles. Regardless of how real Efe was, he identified with his humanity and its sundry limitations.

He did not try to form Robocop or Superman. He never tried to be more catholic than the pope. Instead, he made his mistakes, owned up to them, accepted responsibilities for them, and moved on. Did he misbehave a few times in the house? Yes he did! Did he get drunk at some point? Yes!! As a saying goes – ‘the best of humans is still human after all’.

6. He is EDUCATED: Beyond being real, original, respectful etc., Efe is educated.

Education is not limited to stale and sometimes banal knowledge gotten from the four walls of a higher institution, but rests heavily on the ability of a man to learn from experiences, relearn critical lessons, and unlearn unethical, unscrupulous, and amoral attitudes of mind and behaviour.

From the conversations of the young man – Efe, it was clear that he was not just sound cognitive-wise, but also experientially: He was street savvy. Education (university degree) is usually not enough because the world is full of educated derelicts.