Reality star Uti Nwachukwu has opened up on why he was disqualified after winning an American visa lottery.
Speaking on the Tea with Tay podcast, the media personality explained that he was not granted a visa after winning a visa lottery because his name was exchanged for his surname.
According to him, he had already celebrated his impending journey out of Nigeria with his friends and the incident left him devastated as he is not used to losing.
“I was supposed to get direct entry into America, I had already applied and everything, got admission, supposed to go.
"I now said let me play the visa lottery, won the visa lottery, day of interview they said - first name, last name - Uti Nwachukwu, Nwachukwu Uti is not the same person, I died.
“I remember walking back from the embassy. I already told my friends 'I dey go oh, kachifo, bye bye', we don already even do small drink up for Bele. I had already celebrated leaving Nigeria because I wasn't used to losing things.
Uti Nwachukwu
“You know that year na cyber cafe, and internet no dey fast for night, so I left my personal details with their attendant and you know say for Nigeria, we dey write our surnames first.
"So, the person that won which is Nwachukwu Uti, the person's first name is Nwachukwu, the last name is Uti but my first name is Uti, my last name is Nwachukwu. It's a lottery, they will use any small thing to disqualify you. I qualified every other thing - I had my papers, medicals, everything perfect.
“They now said, 'I'm sorry, play again.' I said 'this is a VISA lottery, are you assuring me I will win again?'
"The person said, 'I'm not assuring you anything, play again.' I wan die! I was shouting, 'but it's the same person, the names are mine'.
“They said 'Yes, but this person has the family name of Uti, you have the family name of Nwachukwu.
'Even if I don't detect it here, it will be detected over there and you'd have wasted all your money and time.' I died. Part of me died inside", he said.
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