These are certainly not the best of times for Big Brother Naija star, Kiddwaya, as he faces backlash from social media users over his recent call for donations to support a crisis-hit community in Benue State.
What started as a seemingly well-meaning appeal quickly drew criticism, with many accusing him of being out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Nigerians.
To make matters worse, controversial social media critic Vincent Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has publicly slammed Kiddwaya, taking him to task over his approach, and questioning his intentions.
He said: “The first thing you could do, you just quickly do one write up next thing you go drop account number. How would you know what the Benue people need when you never go there. You just dey wherever you dey, write one nonsense letter come drop account.”
“I’m happy Nigerians rebuked you to the point wey you go delete am, e sweet my body. Because you na guy man wey like dey brag about your wealth. Every time you rub your wealth on people’s face, show say na you better pass every Nigerian.”
“To every NGO in the country that might want to take advantage of the happenings in benue state, the people of Benue are not hungry. You will collect money from government say una wan bring relief material una go bring rice beans garri, the people of Benue are not starving, food is not their problem, insecurity is.”
“If the community leaders of its local government can come out, set up a vigilante, write to the inspector general of police that they need arms, if the inspector general of police approves of arms, we go put account number online tell every Nigerian even if na 5 Naira contribute.”
“This isn’t the time to talk and keep quiet it is beyond that, everybody needs to play their part.”
