After the online backlash and the outcry that ensued today from a heartbroken lady Olumide who loaned her life savings to a man in the name of love, the lover boy and his friends have paid £11,500 (11 million,500k) to Olumide with the balance expected to be paid before Monday.
One of the lessons I picked up from this whole saga is that young Nigerians abroad have disposable cash.
Just give it to them.
No wonder, they are the new middle class from abroad and the biggest driver of online vendors market.
Olumide is just 23, and in her words, she started saving the money when she was 19 because she wanted to use it to buy her first property in the UK.
How many 23-year-olds in Nigeria have 20 million naira in savings because the system in Nigeria enabled them to work and save?
But the biggest concern for me is that a lot of cassanovas and playboys will target her over time, not because they like her like that but because they are targeting her money.
Before My friend got married.
Someone I know targeted her for her money.
Funny enough, this guy was bragging to someone in my presence that he would go after her, chop her money, and then dump her for the next victim, not knowing that she was my friend.
When my friend reached out to me because she believed I knew the guy,
I told her, See, this guy is after the money he believed you had, so run.
I’m telling you because I owe you this duty of care.
Thank God she listened to my counsel and today, she is married to the love of her life.
I don’t know how the playboy heard that I was the one who blocked his way.
In anger, he blocked me on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter.
Today, we are not on speaking terms, but I don’t really care.
I wish Olumide all the best, and I hope that in all these things, she and other ladies like her who have their own money will find a man who will love them because she is Olumide or Ngozi and not because of their money.
