Even to us, this sounds absurd. But guess what? It’s nothing but the truth. Or even the gospel truth, like we say it in Nigeria.
A certain billionaire from the Eastern part of the country, bearded and with a Biblical name, is currently spoiling his girlfriend silly. The man whose first name begins with alphabet S and the surname, alphabet I, just shelled out a whopping N217 million to buy the girl a flat in highbrow Ikoyi, Lagos and a white G-Wagon. The flat, situated off Gerrald Road, cost him N178 million and the G-Wagon, N39 million.
Interestingly, rather than keep his mouth shut, the man has been broadcasting this himself and even bragging about it. Always in white buba and sokoto or agbada, like another of his billionaire friend from the South West, who is majorly into oil and gas, this man who plays big in the commodity and manufacturing sectors, also has another friend from the North who also does his kind of business. Both of them fell out years ago over a business-deal-turned-sour and their fight was very, very messy. The war even affected another of their billionaire friend. But they’ve since made up and are back again as one, attending parties and catching their fun together.