Applause As ‘I Am Laycon’ Breaks Streaming Showmax Record

'Dotun Akintomide
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By Oyinlola Awonuga BalogunĀ  (The New Diplomat’s Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk)

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in following the announcement that the reality show belonging to the winner of the 2020 edition of BBNaija, Lekan Agbeleshebioba, also known as Laycon, has made him break another record after his big win last year.

The reality star and famous Nigerian rapper have achieved another height with his reality show which began on February 11, 2021.

Laycon announced that a reality show that centres on his life before during and after that BBNaija experience and win would be aired on Showmax.

While his fans and all lovers of the BBNaija reality show awaits the show’s premiere, the sponsor of the show has made one of the biggest announcements about the forthcoming show.

According to showmax, the new reality show tagged ā€œI am Layconā€ will not only be watched in Nigeria, West Africa or the whole of Africa along, but it will be stream across continents.

The organiser hinted that the first Nigerian Original series would be aired in UK, France, Australia and 23 other countries after Africa.

The countries where ‘I am Laycon’ would be streamed include Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

With this, Laycon will be the first ex-BBNaija housemate to own a personal reality show of the magnitude.

Following the good news, many took to the micro blogging platform, Twitter to pour out congratulatory messages on the BBNaija housemate.

Read Some Twitter Reactions:

My Fave is a big deal
Icons we brag on a different level entirely.

Right from day one we have been breaking records.
I AM LAYCON BREAKS RECORDĀ https://t.co/HxGT0bW9OM
100%Ā  consistency@Queentess3

Oyah do am if e easy! Record breaker! Laycon is who he Fvcking said he is! A god!! I AM LAYCON BREAKS RECORDĀ https://t.co/nNAUX5e93P.@MideBad

Who else is watching all the episodes again because I AM LAYCON BREAKS RECORD?? @SwedshRat

Someone nearly developed high BP yesterday morning because of the way we hype Laycon not knowing we no dey sabi hype
iCONs and Laycon are Record breakers. We broke record on the show and broke another record on a show we got from the show!!!!
I AM LAYCON BREAKS RECORD!!!@dirtyygold

Laycon is blessedšŸ™šŸ»….keep winning baby and keep breaking records ā¤ļøšŸ˜˜
I AM LAYCON BREAKS RECORD.@goody_eke

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