Paschal Eronmose Ojezele emerged the winner of Gulder
Ultimate Search 9, making him the 9th champion of Nigeria’s first 100
per cent local content reality TV show. He narrowly edged out Onyinye
Udodi who is the last female contestant standing. Incidentally, Onyinye
narrowly missed out being the first female to win the popular
competition which has always been won by the male folk from inception in
2004 till date.
On the last day of the competition, four contestants
remained. They were Paschal, Onyinye, James Adah and Nuhu Zigwayi. The
hunt for the treasure started in the morning when all four, who had
spent the night at an old oil mill, were directed to assemble at the
mouth of an old fire bridge. After travelling for hours, they arrived at
the location where they were subjected to their first challenge.
They were given a riddle to solve, after which they were
to race to a table which had broken pieces of a calabash. Piecing the
broken pieces of calabash led the contestants to six palm trees which
had three pieces of maps which they had to retrieve to ensure their
continuation in the race. Paschal solved the riddle first and retrieved
the first map. He was followed by Onyinye. Both James and Nuhu solved
the riddles at the same time, but James beat Nuhu to retrieving the
map, hence, Nuhu got evicted on the spot.
Onyinye, James and Paschal were asked to merge the pieces of the map
which they obtained. The complete map showed directions of their
journey path to where the treasure was hidden. During the journey, they
made use of carabenas to slide across a river. They also came across a
rope bridge which they crossed. They then shot through a pot using a
bow and arrows, to retrieve a key which opened a bamboo gate, leading
them to the Gatekeeper’s territory.
By sunset, James, Onyinye and Paschal met with Chidi Mokeme, the Anchor
man, who subjected them to another challenge. They were to fill in the
blank spaces of a puzzle which comprised of all the clues which were
strategically placed in their camp, while they were in the jungle.
Paschal solved the riddle first, followed by Onyinye. The inability of
James to complete the puzzle led to his eviction. The Anchor man then
informed both Paschal and Onyinye that the clue to finding the
Gatekeeper’s fortune, the treasure which they sought, was in the puzzle
which they had just solved.
The solved puzzle read:
From where you draw your liquid of
life, that is where you start your final stride. Run along the path of
green and stone, and where you lay your head, you call your home, the
treasures sleeps deep rooted within your soul; deeper than the bamboo
that grows ever so low.
The puzzle led both Onyinye and Paschal back to the last camp which was
their abode, before they were asked to spend their last night in the
oil mill. Paschal started searching behind the bench which they sat
on.
Onyinye raced to the spot where the contestants used to sleep and
lifted up the mats. Had she lifted up the bamboos and dug the ground,
she may have won the prize. But she left the place and raced to the
contestants’ former camp.
Paschal then moved to where Onyinye had started searching, lifted the
bamboos and started digging, till he dug out the Gatekeeper’s Fortune.
For his feat, Paschal will cart home the N9 million
grand prize, N500,000 swagger allowance and a brand new 2012 SUV. He
will be formally presented with his prizes later today at the Le
Meridien Hotel, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State at the reveal party. Governor
Godswill Akpabio is expected to be the special guest of honour. Onyinye
however gets the sum of N4 million as total prize money – made up of
N3 million for emerging second placed contestant and N1 million for
emerging Gulder Ultimate Search last female contestant standing.
Other contestants who had earlier been evicted on the programme were:
Uzor Osimpka, Ifet Iniobong, Priscillia Ezeh, Michael Ogbuefi, Patience
Bornford, Ujam Emmanuel, Ayo Ojueromi and KofyaBrown.
Gulder Ultimate Search is the flagship sponsorship property of the
Gulder brand, from the stables of Nigerian Breweries Plc. It is
Nigeria’s longest-running 100 per cent local content reality TV show,
which has been running since 2004.
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