Kenyan TikTok star Sheryl Gabriella has broken down in tears during a live broadcast after alleging that the “Battle of the Nations” online voting competition in Burkina Faso is a massive fraud.
She travelled to West Africa expecting a genuine shot at a KSh 12 million grand prize. Instead, she uncovered severe financial irregularities that completely derailed the event.
According to Gabriella’s emotional revelation, organizers are forcing contestants to fund the hefty prize money themselves by demanding KSh 85,000 daily. It is a costly trap.
She further detailed that creators are bound by fishy contracts that prevent them from leaving the low-budget production safely.
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The controversy underscores the darker side of unregulated global social media tournaments.
As the tense situation unfolds in Ouagadougou, digital creators are calling for stricter international vetting to protect young talents from predatory overseas contracts.