BBNaija’s Phyna Drops Family Surname, Shows Concerns About Her Birth

• Recently, the BBN Level Up winner posted on her official X account, stating that she will no longer use the name ‘Otabor’.

• The reality star-turned-actress expressed that no one knows her background, but she is still looking for answers.

BBNaija star Josephina Otabor, known as Phyna, has shared that she will be dropping her family name.

Recently, the BBN Level Up winner posted on her official X (Twitter) account, stating that she will no longer use the name ‘Otabor’ and mentioned that she feels disconnected from her family.

In her tweet, the reality star-turned-actress expressed that no one knows her background, but she is still looking for answers.

Phyna shared that she has been struggling recently and finds it hard to express her emotions.

She talked about her childhood, explaining how she moved from one relative to another. She believes she should have noticed something was off, but she was too young to understand.

She wrote:

“I am publicly dropping my family surname OTABOR… it has been proven that I actually have no family and nobody knows how I came about…. I’m still searching for answers though… it’s been rough with me lately…… I’m in a place where I can’t even describe how I feel or what to call what I’m going through rn. Going up and the way I was toss around relative I should suspected but guess I was too young… omo my head wan tear!!!!!!”

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Phyna’s decision to drop her surname and share details about her upbringing received a lot of sympathy from some netizens after her post became popular.

See some comments below:

@The_fitarchitect: “Y’all should take it easy on this lady. A lil kindness won’t hurt . Nobody here knows what she’s going through.”

@Zahraashuaibu: “Sending hugs Phyna….it is sad that Only you understand what you’re going through.”

@Rosythrone: “Sometimes your real enemy is your family.”

@Her_royal_reign: “People are going through it; I hope these blogs show her kindness.”

@glambyadu: “She is talking now but no one is reading to think deeply,everyone is covered by their emotions towards her but no one is seeing that she is going through a lot, God forbid something happens to her enemy, it is still you people that will say she should have talked…I just hope she finds peace.”

@justdanza.4:“People with good family will say she’s capping… better go and thank your God.”

@Amaka_benny: “Even if you’re not a fan. Just be kind with your words, only her understands how she feels.”

@Deevally: “Sadly if she’s not 10 feet under, her family will not rest. You won’t understand until you’re in her shoes.”

@Marrzofficial: “This is sad though.”

@geomara_ij: “OMO!!! I dey wonder with her too cus the amount of disgrace she don receive from that her family eeh, see.. if your strength comes from your family no internet tolls will break you, but in her case the tolls comes from her family 😢.”