Read How He Left

Ikenna Emedike, the sixth contestant to be shown the door in the ongoing Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS) reality show, had dreamt of his exit, two days earlier.

The medical doctor and indigene of Anambra, host state of the show, lost out in the Octagon Chart task, and was given three seconds to exit the jungle, despite his plea for a second chance.

 

In the Octagon Chart task, the GUS 11 contestants were to make three trips down a hill and retrieve three pieces of a hexagon; one piece at a time. Upon return to their work stations, they were to solve a puzzle, using parts of the hexagon to form the answer.

 

The other contestants solved the puzzle in succession and left for another location, leaving Ikenna at the workstation. By the time he called to Chidi Mokeme to say he had solved the riddle, the anchor man told him he had been evicted from the show.

 

A dejected Ikenna said he didn’t expect that the task will lead to eviction, given the reason he was not in haste to solve the puzzle. He however blamed his poor performance on hunger, which he said did not make him think straight.

From all indications, Ikenna’s eviction from the jungle was different. Others evictees were asked to leave, either at the task ground or at the Place of The Talking Drum. They were also allowed to return to camp to pack their belongings. But in the case of the medical doctor, he was not evicted in the presence of the other contestants, who have been wondering about his whereabouts.

 

After completing their tasks, his colleagues returned to camp to find a scroll which directed them to bring Ikenna’s bag and totem to The Place of the Talking Drum. They immediately knew he had been evicted.

 

Ikenna, by his fate, joins Loretta Erijakpor, Sandra Nwagbagiro, Blessing Eriata, Joshua Nwagboso and Iwuoha Ikenna who were earlier evicted from the show.

He revealed that he had dreamt about his eviction. “In the dream,” he said, “we as contestants were performing a particular task and all of a sudden, a number of us were evicted. It happened so fast that I felt it was odd. I wondered what was happening. The remaining people left were a male and a female contestant. In the dream, I asked Chidi Mokeme, the anchor man whether this was the way things were done on Gulder Ultimate Search.”

 

He recalled telling some contestants about the dream, but they brushed it off. When asked if he nursed the fear that the dream might come to pass, Ikenna answered: “I was very worried. I prayed against it anyway. It got me worried to the point that I told myself, maybe it was destined to happen, whatever comes out of this competition, I will attribute it to the will of God.”

with the exit of Ikenna, the race for the grand prize of N10 million and a brand new Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) continues with Otto Canon, Addoh Evi, Iroh Noella, Samantha Appi, Emmanuel Afolabi, Sharon Robinson, Chinedu Ubachukwu and Cosy Joe.