16 Things To Know About BBNaija All Stars Winner, Ilelabaye

A 22-year-old Ilebaye Precious Odiniya has emerged winner of the All Stars Season of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show.

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, host of the show, crowned the new winner on the final night of the show on Sunday.

Earlier, Pere, Cross and Adekunle, the last male house mates were evicted from the show followed by CeeC, a female housemate.

The final race was between Mercy Eke, a previous winner of the show, and Ilebaye who polled 30 percent to edge out her closest rival.

Mercy got 23.84 percent votes.

Ilebaye walked home with a mouth-watering grand prize of ₦120 million grand prize.

The season tagged: ‘Big Brother Naija: All Stars’, premiered on July 23, 2023 on DStv channel 198 and GOtv channel 29.

The ‘All Stars’ edition featured carefully selected housemates and fan favourites from previous editions of the show which includes See Gobbe, Double Wahala, Pepper Dem, Lockdown, Shine Ya Eye and Level Up.

The headline sponsor of the show was MoniePoint, while the associate sponsor was HFM Nigeria.

1. Ilebaye’s real name is Ilebaye Precious Odiniya.
2. She was born in Okpo, Olamaboro Local Government Area in Kogi State in 2001.
3. She is a Nigerian criminologist, reality TV personality, Actress, fashion model, and entrepreneur
4. She is 22-years-old.
5. She is the third female to win the BBnaija reality show, after Mercy and Phyna.
6. She featured as a kid in the popular drama series Papa Ajasco.
7. She got her Ghanaian accent from her secondary school English teacher, who was Ghanaian.
8. After completing her SSCE, Ilebaye earned a Criminology and Security Studies degree from Salem University in Lokoja.
9. Ilebaye’s father is an Abuja-based politician and a former Physical Health Education (PHE) teacher at Government Secondary School Alloma Ofu in Kogi State, Nigeria.
10. Ilebaye first contested in BBN Season 7.
11. She hails from Kogi State, Nigeria.
12. Ilebaye is a descendant of the Igala tribe in Kogi State.
13. She won the Week 9 Head of House.
14. The BBNaija star grew up in a Christian home and continues to associate herself with this religion.
15. Ilebaye won the Finest Girl Democracy Nigeria 2021 (FGDN) Beauty pageant.
16. She has several tattoos, but an obvious one being on her chest.