Lagos, Benin and Enugu
witnessed real fun last weekend when the #MTNCelebdouble finally produced the
company’s ambassadors’ look-alikes. It was hard to differentiate between most
of the musical superstars and their close splitting images.
This resulted in momentary suspense,
mixed with fun, as the hundreds of musical fans who thronged to the separate
clubs, to be part of the Invasion, struggled to spot out the real image. The
fans were thrilled to meet their idolised celebrities and the ‘doubles’. Continue...
In Lagos, precisely, at the
‘The Place’, the confusion of those present was exciting. While the music
blasted away, Don Jazzy, Iyanya, Tiwa Savage and Chidinma walked in. The crowd
was soon amazed as the striking resemblances of Davido, Wizkid, Praiz and
D’Prince stepped in behind them. There were minutes of debates if they were the
real ambassadors or the look-alikes they have come to party with it.
Wizkid’s double, Mbaefo
Stanley, who resides in Port Harcourt, could not hold his joy at the sight of
the celebrities and pomp around him. He expressed cheerfully, ‘this is one of
my best nights’.
Like him, Ogbonna John who resides
in Lagos, was ecstatic. He said, ‘I have always dreamed of this moments’. Also,
David Fortune, D’Prince’s double and Odeka Arthur who looked perfectly like the
Nigerian R & B singer and Headies Award winner, Praiz, said they would
treasure the night for a long time.
Meanwhile, Iyanya, who wore
a new look, enthusiastically appreciated the large turn-out, saying it gave him
satisfaction to party with Nigerian musical fans and find someone who looked
him. Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage also expressed the same feeling while leaving
the club located on Adeola Odeku, at the early hour of the morning.
In Benin, the celebdoubles bore an unbelievable
resemblance to the actual celebs themselves. Prior to the actual party, they
had been lodged in a luxurious hotel, taken on a shopping spree, given a
high-class spa treatment, and spoilt silly.
One of the Celebdoubles was Adeoye Foyinsade who bears a striking resemblance to Tiwa Savage. She gushed over the entire privileges accorded her by MTN. "I really didn’t expect that it'd be this cool! Not only do I look like Tiwa Savage, from the way I have been treated all day, I think I might be her! Hanging out with everyone here caps it up nicely".
Similar
experience was recorded in Enugu. Harrysong and Praiz were at the Toscana
Hotel, the venue which hosted a massive crowd of fans who relived their
fantasies of becoming those they idolized.
The two MTN ambassadors Praiz and Harrysong, performed some of their hit songs that made them so endearing. To crown it Praiz joked: “When I saw someone looking so much like me, I actually thought he was me, the semblance was on point”.
