Organizers of an online contest called Ghana Photo Model have been forced to refund over GHS30,000 to persons who voted for the contestants because they claim a contestant manipulated the process to her advantage. Meanwhile, there is sufficient evidence pointing to staff of the organizers also engaging in irregularities, for which two workers replaced. The organizers, FUN FUSION, with sponsorship from a social media influencer called Chris Nunies (whose real name, Christian Awudey was the one used in registering the competition’s official WhatsApp line), accused one of the leading contenders in the competition, called Empress, of manipulating the process and making other contestants stop voting so she will win.
They also claimed they have evidence of the said Empress asking them (the organizers) to make her win the competition even before nominations were open. So, on account of those allegations, they have decided to cancel the whole competition and refund all the moneys to the voters, even though the Terms and Conditions of the competition said voting moneys are non-refundable. This move by the organizers raises questions as to why they would wait till the last minute before accusing one contestant of manipulating the whole process even before the start.
Why did they not disqualify her from the get go, but waited for her to rake in over GHS10,000 worth of votes before revealing all these? Evidence of Staff Irregularities Meanwhile, there are at least three separate WhatsA.
