Nigerian Man Who Raised ₦22M for Surgery Urged to Stake ₦26M on Sports Betting

• The surgery beneficiary, whose campaign was led by influencer Dickson, successfully raised the funds within two weeks, only to be told by a user to “secretly gamble a large portion of it” in hopes of winning big.

A Nigerian man who recently raised over ₦22 million for his leg surgery has shared a shocking message he received, advising him to stake ₦26 million on sports betting.

The plea was revealed in a post on X by @_belikebaddy, who shared a screenshot of the message.

The surgery beneficiary, whose campaign was led by influencer Dickson, successfully raised the funds within two weeks, only to be told by a user to “secretly gamble a large portion of it” in hopes of winning big.

The message read, “Free ₦16 million, run it brother. Run it off the books without anyone knowing.”

The man shared the conversation publicly, prompting a wave of reactions from concerned users in the comment section.

See some reactions below:

@simplysympa: “I’m sure this is definitely not the spirit of the devil, nah. This is too diabolical for him. This is the incarnate, the grand USURPER, the gburugburu. VILLAGE PEOPLE.”

@DAVECHASE07: “Reason am bro u go just use am Dey d country start your life Jacob’s go Dey more jealous.”

@yunggoodiey: “GO RUN AM ABI YOU NO GO RUN AM? 50/50 LIFE NA RISK.”

@iam_fantom: “But the game looks solid sha.”

@Faridatu001: “Hiya Don’t allow Devil to dance soapy with your destiny 😂😂. Run for your life.”

@DrCapitolDuga: “Take a BOLD step !!! U never know.”

@donminahs: “Nah best financial advice be that ooo. No lose am.”

@Wilson1145713: “Omoh, you sef go con dey ask yourself say abi make i try am ni, to ba try e peren sope purrrrr.”

@MacAnthonyJnr18: “Bro, on a serious note, anybody that’s introducing you to betting at this point doesn’t like you at all.”