BBN, Mercy Eke Opens Up About Her Childhood, Reveals Why She Speaks With Igbo Accent

“I’m saying this because some people really don’t know. When they talk about my accent, Igbo accent, I look at them and say, ‘how do you want me to speak?’

“I schooled in Owerri, primary and secondary. It was only the National Youth Service that made me leave Owerri. How do they expect me to speak?”

She, however, added that she’d not be moved by what people say about her because of her originality, stressing that “This is me. I’m confident. This is me. I’ve seen and met a lot of people.

“And most of the top people in the world, like Cristiano Ronaldo, how does he speak? With an accent or in his language. And he’s the world’s most famous. People adore him.”