- Nigeria celebrates its 65th anniversary.
- Billionaire heiress and record jockey DJ Cuppy expressed his love for Nigeria on X (formerly Twitter).
- She calls Nigeria her birthplace, home and country.
When Nigeria commemorated its 65th anniversary, the billionaire heiress and record jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola (commonly known as DJ Cuppy) attended X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the day.
The artist shared a passionate account of her love for the country, describing Nigeria as her birthplace, home and country.
Cuppy wrote to some extent:
“God wasn’t in a hurry when he let us do it! He gave us resilience and spirit. I’ll still choose to be Nigerian in my next life.”
Although some netizens praised her message as patriotism, many other networks disagree.
Critics argue that her words seem to be out of touch with the everyday reality faced by most Nigerians. They point out that her privileged upbringing was the daughter of billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, who protected her from economic and social struggles, encountered every day by ordinary Nigerians.
An X user Mbojikwe slammed her post, saying it was insensitive:
“cuppy, with the respect it deserves, is very insensitive. When a daughter of a huge billionaire who even lives full-time in Nigeria, it’s obvious that you hardly understand the endurance of Nigerians.”
He went on to highlight challenges such as a collapsed healthcare system, general insecurity, economic difficulties and a lack of basic dignity.
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See some comments below:
@Oloye Somroin: “Nothing is more powerful than the feeling of comfort in the luxurious leather seats in Maybach.”
@haywhyclassik” Please mom, when you choose Nigeria again in your next life, choose billionaire dad to choose life again because life is not easy for us.
@popeyemi_tunde: “Let your parents not be Otedola in Ottola, only then do you know that Kaki, no, is leather. You are one of the most successful and wealthiest Nigerian parents in Nigeria, everything is before asking. If you are like a normal Nigerian. Until now
@hakeemrabiu: “It’s interesting that the average Nigerian does see the necessity of Independence Day, just like what I forget today is independence, I don’t want to be Nigerian in my next life, I already have enough pain
