Nigerians drag Ilebaye for ‘demanding donations’ from fans 24 hours after winning N120m

Netizens have harsh words for Ilebaye Odiniya who on Sunday emerged the winner of the All-Stars edition of the Big Brother Naija reality show.

The official handle of the winner tweeted on Monday: “We’ve received information about fans planning to send gifts or contributions. Please refrain from sending money to any account that isn’t officially posted on Ilebaye’s verified accounts. For gifts, please send an email. The only accessible account is the Baye Tribe account (Number withheld – Providus). We won’t be responsible for any misappropriation of funds. Thank you 🙏🏾

@legit_update001: “You be mumu after we vote for u finish u dey ask for gift ??”

@OGBENI_BAMBAM: “You Just Collected 120Million for doing Nothing and you are dropping account Number Around again 😂😂🤣

You Want to Milk Nigerians dry?”

@DeeRoy_9: “Did she force anyone to drop money 💰”

@_Rolex523: “Some fools are still going to send her money 😭😭”

@CritiqueCrib: “The 120M never finish na”

@IlebayeOfficial: “We are just sending out information”

@AgbaKobz: “Some people are yet to eat this morning oo and you’ want to send money to someone that just won 120m… small time y’all be jumping on giveaways on the TL”

@Ogbeni_dare: “The 120 million never reach 24 hours sef😂

Abi e sinwi ni”

Ilebaye returned to shed more light on her motive and clarify her position.

She wrote: “This tweet was solely to avoid people who WANT to gift falling into the hands of scammers.

We didn’t solicit for funds, we only highlighted the account we have access to.

Too many fake account numbers are circulating and we will not be held accountable for any misappropriation.”

This still did not go down well with some netizens.

@Tee_Classiquem1: “So why did you drop account” CitizenOlu

@jagabanolu: “You should not be collecting one penny from any Nigerian. Is 120million not enough?? Even the gifts, send them to an orphanage in this trying time for Nigeria.💥Let the poor breathe”

@drpenking: “It’s wrong to use misappropriation in this context. You can’t misappropriate money that doesn’t exist in the first place. This is what happens when you dash fame to a g*at.”

@iamAbiodunAA: “You drop account number Dey talk say you didn’t solicit for funds. Well, you know your followers are gullible sha. All the best o.”