Customers of leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria have started reaping the fruits of subscribing to the network’s Free Millionaires promo as 21subscribers have emerged star winners of N1 million (one million naira) each, from the first three draws of the promo.

The draws, conducted at the Corporate Headquarters of Airtel Nigeria in Lagos were supervised by renowned system processes and applications audit firm, Alexander Forbes, also produced 21 winners of the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 bundled with complimentary 200MB worth of Airtel data.

According to the company, the winners will be presented with their prizes at a location nearest to their homes.

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Airtel Nigeria, Deepak Srivastava said the Free Millionaire promo is a credible initiative that seeks to enrich more Nigerians and provide them with more opportunities to realize their financial dreams.

“Airtel is committed to rewarding Nigerians. The Free Millionaires’ Promo is just another channel for us to say a big thank you to all our customers. We are particularly excited that all the winners emerged through a transparent process certified by Alexander Forbes for authenticity in compliance with global standards,” Srivastava said.

Malam Sanni Ibrahim, a farmer; Mr. Barnabas Vishigh, a retired teacher; Miss Rita Ekeh, a student; Mr. Dzaki Francis Terwase, a medical officer with Command Government Secondary School, Oshongu, Benue State; Mr. Ezekiel Ojoloko and Mal Lawal Musa, both civil servants, were some of those that won N1 million each.

Other winners include Francis Ahwe, a retired employee of SPDC, Elizabeth Abosede Japhet, a secretary and Arinze Emmanuel, a petty trader based in Kano.

Airtel, through the Free Millionaires promo will transform 100 customers into instant millionaires while 500 others will step up their social status with the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Reloaded tablets complete with free 200MB worth of bundled data.

To register and participate in the Airtel Free Millionaire promo, customers are required to send any of the three keywords: “FREE”, “BIG”or “WIN” to the short code 3030. Customers will enjoy a 7 day FREE participation period in winning the N1million.

A charge of N100 daily applies thereafter and subscribers will be automatically awarded 10 tickets to increase their chances of winning in the daily draws. Those who do not have N100 in their account will be charged N50 to qualify for the draw but will earn half of the full 10 tickets.

Also, subscribers to the promo can further increase their chances of becoming millionaires or owners of Samsung Galaxy 7.0 Reloaded tablets, by engaging in the question and answer trivia game for N10 per SMS by sending the keyword “OK” to the short code 4040.

Every day, the three top players with the highest score in the trivia will be awarded with a Samsung Galaxy tablet each, while they keep their full chances of winning the N1 million.

[Source: Press Release]